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[Dthomp2669@xxxxxxx]

Hi again,
No sooner than I "sent" the earlier message from here in Charlotte Park, West 
Nashville, Davidson County, near the Cumberland River than the song sparrow 
came around the edges of the deck, just outside the French doors, and into the 
dead grape leaves.  I sat and watched it as it worked its way around and 
noticed that it picked up a milkweed type, fuzzy, cottony seed and flew toward 
the 
back and down behind the deck with it.  I have an old woodpile under there 
which has plenty of spaces for the sparrow to nest.  I wonder!  It's out there 
right now, eating away.  It was joined momentarily by a second song sparrow 
(mate?) that quickly flew back down behind the deck in the same area.  I hope 
they 
are nesting.  Once upon a time, in Ontario, I found a scolding song sparrow 
in great distress.  I went to the area to which it kept flying and scolding, 
found a snake laying across the nest keeping two live babies held down while 
engorging another nestling.  I dragged that snake off the nest and took it to 
another habitat so far away that, if it came back, the babies would be fledged 
and gone.  As I was dragging the snake away, the adult checked the nest, then 
flew up to the power line and sang "thanks" to me.  The next day, as I was 
leaving for home, I stopped by to check the nest and babies.  I wasn't scolded 
at 
all, but, as I walked back to my car, "Mama" flew back up to the power line and 
sang to me again! 

The goldfinch returned to the thistle feeder simultaneously with the song 
sparrow's return to the deck.

All those h. finches and h. sparrows returned with babies to feed, and, now, 
I need to go restock the feeders!

Ah, Spring!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dee Thompson
Nashville, TN


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