Greetings, birding friends — hope your feeders are still above the snow. I just have one small feeder, which hangs from a hook on my deck. All through this spate of tough weather it's been frequented by a very "chill" Savannah Sparrow. At first the bird looked like it was barely able to preen or fly, but thanks to noshing semi-continuously for over a week, it's looking spiffy and flits into cover anytime I let the dogs out. Otherwise it stays near the feeder most of the day, and holds its ground against the chickadees and titmouses.
I don't think of Savannah Sparrows as "feeder birds" or typical winter visitors in our area. (We've had 1 or more on about 2/3rds of Greater Portland CBCs, but there's been a lot of winter since mid-December.) My sense is that, given the conditions, this bird perhaps stayed put due to poor health and is hanging on thanks to the artificial food source. I'd welcome your comments on this conjecture.
Adding to the Bohemian Waxwing sightings, I stopped to admire a flock of about 65 of these rusty-crissomed hipsters snarfing some shriveled wild grape type fruit this morning on Rt. 134 in New Sharon, near the intersection with Beans Corner Road.
Peace & good birding,
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Scott Cronenweth
scronenw@maine.rr.com
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