[Bristol-Birds] WT Sparrow, et al.
- From: Jennifer Kennedy <elysian2b@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Bristol-Birds <bristol-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:38:26 -0500
Seeing the usual around my feeders for the GBBC - best birds have been 3
handsome fox sparrows that come every day. I used to have a single junco
but he hasn't been around for a while. I have one mockingbird that likes
the suet but isn't the despot that Ron's is. Heading to Sugar Hollow later
to find screech owls and a winter wren and who knows what else.
The most unusual thing has been a little bedraggled white-throated sparrow
that I saw while filling my feeders this morning. He didn't fly away like
the swarm of others but skittered into a space under the siding of the
house. When I came back with another scoop, he had returned and was too
brave or too weak to flee again. He regarded me cautiously with a tipped
head and then started feeding. I was close enough to stoop and pick him up
but thought better of it. His body rocked asymmetrically from side to side
with what in a baby I would call retractions - signs of respiratory
distress. I don't think he'll make it back north with his buddies this
spring.
Jennifer Kennedy
Bristol VA
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