Rick, Bob and all:
Here at Broken Wallet Farm (SE Washington County in Pleasant Valley) we too have at least a few Chippies that overwinter. It is fairly high and dry in this part of the valley below South Mountain, our elevation is near 1,000' above the fall line, so it gets a lot colder here while only a few miles away by the Poromac it is often balmy (of course during certain temperature inversions the opposite is true, as cold air "sinks")... So I am astounded by the hardiness of one of my favourite little sparrows!
Frank
Frank Boyle
Rohrersville, MD
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On Mar 14, 2013, at 6:27 AM, Bob Ringler <ringler.bob...> wrote:
> Rick,
> You have an extraordinary situation. Outside of your yard Chipping Sparrows are rare in Carroll County in winter. We do not always get them on the Winter Count but sometimes one or two. This year I had one at my feeder one day and that was a first. We have not seen spring migrants before the Ides of March so they should start showing up any day now.
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