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Re: White-throated Sparrows

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Norm Saunders

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Norm Saunders

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Sun, 8 May 2005 20:14:22 -0400

Karen Harris writes:

> We have not seen a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW since
> yesterday am, are they gone for us? My records show May 5-9 
> as being the last-seen dates.

All this past winter we had several dozen White-throated Sparrows at
our feeders in Worcester County.  This weekend, for the first time,
their numbers were way down--we had only 2, so they are beginning to
drift northward now.

The Yellow Book shows WTSPs here on and off right through the end of
May and beginning their return in early September.  There are,
however, some occasional records of birds that have lingered through
the summer.

Best,
Norm