FreeLists / bristol-birds / [Bristol-Birds] Fox Sparrow Right on Schedule, Hampton, TN

[AHoodedWarbler@xxxxxxx]

I've been waiting all through February, and none showed up.
But, this afternoon (March 2), I've had a single Fox Sparrow feeding on the 
ground beneath my platform feeder at home in Hampton (Carter Co.), TN. 

I picked him out at a glance when I saw the single sparrow dwarfing the Song 
Sparrows, White-throated Sparrows and Dark-eyed Juncos. Then I got my 
binoculars on the bird and fully appreciated this big, colorful sparrow.

Yesterday, in Erwin, Unicoi Co., TN, wandering small flocks of American 
Robins turned up nearly everywhere I went. Looks like, based on Wallace 
Coffey's 
earlier post, this advance guard of migration had an even distribution 
throughout the region.

Bryan Stevens,
Hampton, TN



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