Hey, Steve, maybe you're a Pied Piper for sparrows! I can just 
picture you walking down the street being followed by song sparrows, 
white-throats, juncos, etc.

June

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June Tveekrem
Columbia, Howard Co, MD
tweekiebird|AT|southernspreadwing.com



On 10/20/2010 7:53 AM, Steve Hersey wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Sadly, I am going to retract my Tree Sparrow sighting from 
> yesterday.  I believe I had the bird confused with a 1st year 
> White-crowned Sparrow.  A lot of wishful thinking might have 
> helped convince me it was a Tree, and obvious light tricks, 
> bedevilment, and whatever other excuse I can come up with.  The 
> song it was singing did sound awfully close to a Tree's, but I've 
> never been too impressive at interpreting bird song.
>
> The question that remains is why an imm. White-crowned Sparrow 
> would be following me around after I played a Tree Sparrow song? 
> It must have met one at some point in it's short life and decided 
> it was a cool bird.   So, no life DC bird for me, but still a fun 
> experience.
>
> Humbly yours,
> Steve Hersey
> Alexandria, VA