Hi Lin,
We have had 4 tree sparrows at our feeder on East Warren Rd in Waitsfield
all winter.  Yesterday there were 5.  Last year we saw one near the end of
the winter.
Pat Folsom
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From: "Linnea Garrepy" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 8:22 PM
Subject: Tree sparrows?


> VT Birders:
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> I just returned from a weekend in Central NY (where I lived for 16 years
and
> the birding is great!) and noticed that my friend had her usual number of
> Tree swallows. I would routinely have 6-12 every winter, but my last two
> winters in Whiting have had only one in transit. I noticed they never get
> reported on VTBIRD. Do we not get them or are they irruptive in this area?
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> Thanks for your comments,
>
> Lin Garrepy
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