[MDOsprey] Chipping sparrow ups and downs

Bonnie Ott (bott@erols.com)
Thu, 15 Jul 1999 08:45:38 -0400


I was very excited this morning when a juvenile Chippy visited the
birdbath. I wondered if it could have been a bird from the nest I
discovered last week. I went and checked the nest and found two
near-fledging chicks dead. The closest one had a large hole pecked in
the side of it's head. A very disheartening sight. I'm not sure how many
babies had been in the nest (I never approached the nest). I think my
feeder bird was probably from a different nest. 
	Any ideas on the murderer? A house sparrow perhaps?
	Bonnie Ott