[EBB Sightings] White-Crowned Sparrows - earlyish

I live in NE Lafayette, off Taylor near Withers.  
White crown showed up on 9-25 and gold crown 9-26.  
Their backyard behavior is same as described by 
Linda.  They spend the winter, hanging on until June.

--- Original Message ---
From: Ken & JoAnna Dixon 
To: Laura Gee 
CC: sightings at diabloaudubon.com, Tom Condit 
Subject: Re: [EBB Sightings] White-Crowned Sparrows - 
earlyish

>The same holds true in my Pleasanton yard.
>Laura Gee wrote:
>>I'm quite sure what I am seeing in my yard, both 
White- and Gold-Crowned
>>Sparrows, are earlier-than-usual migrants.  The ones 
who come to my yard for
>>the winter usually show up about yesterday's date, 
spend the winter, and
>>then migrate back to their breeding grounds in the 
spring.  They feed at our
>>platform feeder and on the ground below our hanging 
feeders, observable from
>>the kitchen window.  They are definitely not 
residents in my yard.
>>
>>Laura Gee
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Tom Condit" 
>>To: 
>>Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 10:02 AM
>>Subject: Re: [EBB Sightings] White-Crowned Sparrows -
 earlyish
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>>>I'm curious about White-Crowned Sparrow migration. 
I know they're resident
>>>along parts of the coast. Just how far inland do 
you have to go before
>>>    
>>>
>>they
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>>
>>>become migrants (i.e., have some of these "early" 
white crowns been here
>>>all along, but inconspicuously).
>>>
>>>Tom Condit
>>>
>>>
>>>Tom Condit
>>>tomcondit at igc.org
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