A first winter White-crowned Sparrow has been visiting my feeder daily since
Tuesday. He (or she) is very handsome, but quite a bully.
It chases off all the Song and Chipping Sparrows and pecks at the House
Finches. Today it even briefly faced down the chipmunk (AKA the seed
vacuum).
White-crowned Sparrows are very uncommon here. Are they all so aggressive at
the feeder or do I just have a particularly rude one? Perhaps it comes from
a broken nest...
Felicia Lovelett
Sykesville, MD |