[va-bird] Chippy Flock - Frederick Co

On Friday, our regular yard-feeder flock was joined by a flock of about 50 
Chipping Sparrows. They hung around all day in the area, along with good 
numbers of Juncos.

This morning, the Chippy flock rose to about 150 or more - somewhat mixed in 
with Juncos, etc, but mostly Chippies. With the high wind, they were quite 
nervous and continually darted from yard to yard, as well as roosting on 
leeward rooftops, but often returned to ours. Most birds were in Winter or 1st 
Winter plumage, but there were still a few in typical adult alternate (Summer) 
plumage. Try as we may, we couldn't turn any of them into Tree Sparrows nor 
Clay-colored.

Jon & BJ Little
Winchester

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