I had two adult White-crowned and a Vesper Sparrow on the property in Polk County today. The birds were in the brush at the pond mixed with Field, Song and White-throated Sparrows. The Vesper Sparrow is a new Polk County bird for me. Two adult and four juvenile White-crowned Sparrows spent the winter in one of my brush piles in 2010-11 but were absent this past winter most likely because of my growing population of House Sparrows. Rick Houlk Polk County