[EBB Sightings] Golden-crowned Sparrows

Here in the Oakland hills I have Golden-crowned Sparrows until the end of 
April, rarely in May.  I'm not unhappy to see them go, so my plants can grow 
without being eaten.

Johan Langewis
Oakland


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Glover" 
To: 
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 12:53 AM
Subject: [EBB Sightings] Golden-crowned Sparrows


> Hi all,
> It isn't at all unusual for Golden-crowned Sparrows to be present in the 
> Bay Area in late March. I get a couple of them on Big Days in Contra Costa 
> every year during the last week of April and occasional birds may even 
> linger into early May. Perhaps feeder birds that spend the winter 
> disappear earlier and the birds I see in late April are moving north, I 
> don't know, but at any rate the presence of wintering birds in late March 
> is typical.
> As to Chuq's bird carrying a stick I can't even hazard a guess as I don't 
> believe the species has ever nested in the continental U.S. If for some 
> reason the species was to attempt to nest so far south it should be 
> thoroughly documented!
> Enjoy the weather,
> Steve Glover
> San Ramon
> --- On Sun, 3/29/09, Chuq Von Rospach  wrote:
>> From: Chuq Von Rospach 
>> Subject: Re: [EBB Sightings] Wrentit  at  Sibley
>> To: "Rod Thornton" 
>> Cc: sightings at diabloaudubon.com
>> Date: Sunday, March 29, 2009, 12:12 AM
>> I spent time at Ed Levin in Milpitas today, and found both
>> golden-crowned and (ratty, partially moulted) white-crowns.
>> One golden-crowned was carrying around nesting material. I
>> suppose it might have had other reasons for the twigs, but I
>> can't think of any, and I didn't think they nested
>> locally.
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>> On Mar 28, 2009, at 7:03 PM, Rod Thornton wrote:
>>
>> > Also jockeying for space in the tree were a California
>> Towhee & a Golden-crowned Sparrow. I'm surprised the
>> sparrow hasn't left for his Alaskan feeding grounds yet.
>>
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>> --
>> Chuq Von Rospach
>> blog: http://www.chuqui.com
>> photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chuqui
>> email: chuqui at me.com
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