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Hi all!

I live in a residential neighborhood in Toronto, and have been very
pleased and surprised with the variety of birds that I've seen over the
past summer.  Yesterday, I had about 4 or 5 Juncos.  First time since
early spring.  Along with them were some brown birds that looked
something like sparrows.  They seemed to be "hanging out" with the
Juncos,  They ate on the ground rather than on the feeders like all of
the other millions of house sparrows.  They had distinctive stripes on
their head, a darker brown/black and a lighter beige-yellow color.  I
can't find an exact match in my bird guide - the closest I could come is
either a white-crowned or sparrow or a dickissel.

Can anyone help me out?

Thanks,
Melanie

Leon Fisk wrote:
>
> So for this year we have had the following:
>
> White-crowned Sparrows (just this past week)
> Red-breasted Nuthatch (around the first of Sept)
>
> The latter (RBN) was a pleasant suprise. They are probably my
> all time favorite bird ;-) We never had any last year :-(
>
> I was really proud of having seen these at Seny in our UP here
> last month while on vacation. When I got back home and told my
> Mom, she told me that they had just started showing up at our
> feeder. This is the earliest we have noticed them here. They
> have become a regular visitor again now.
>
> Haven't seen any Junco's here yet though. Any one else seen
> them and how far south?
>
> Leon Fisk
> Grand Rapids  MI
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