[birdky] Re: White Crowned Sparrows Question
- From: Terry Anderson <tpaulanderson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <kymillie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <mtobbe@xxxxxxxxxx>, <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 16:22:18 -0400
Maybe it is location. I live in a rural area and white-crowned sparrows are
common at my feeders in the winter and I get a few white-throated sparrows too.
Terry Anderson
Northern Anderson County
> From: kymillie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To: mtobbe@xxxxxxxxxx; Birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [birdky] Re: White Crowned Sparrows Question
> Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 10:40:04 -0400
>
> "heat wimps". LOL We have white throats regularly during the winter, always
> at least one, sometimes a pair. Have not seen them for a few days. But it
> seems like we only see the white-crowned in May. Cannot remember seeing w-c
> at the feeder even during ice and snow storms .... Millie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Mike Tobbe
> To: kymillie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; 'BIRDKY'
> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 10:33 AM
> Subject: [birdky] Re: White Crowned Sparrows Question
>
> We have white crowned sparrows around the house for more than 6 months out
> of the year. I've stopped thinking of them as Canadians and instead regard
> them as Kentucky heat wimps.
>
> I think this is a local habitat issue. For example, people comment on white
> throats all the time, but I rarely see them at the feeders.
>
> Mike Tobbe
> Little Mount
> Spencer County
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:birdky-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Millie
> Sent: Monday, May 09, 2011 9:26 AM
> To: BIRDKY
> Subject: [birdky] White Crowned Sparrows Question
>
> Have a pair in the backyard, as we do every May. But all field guides says
> they are winter residents here. How come we do not see them in the winter?
> Millie Farmer
> St. Matthews, KY
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