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Sparrows Coming and Going

10,000 Birds

Sparrows, on the other hand, seem to make the most of the lamb-like weather left over from the end of March and make their move northward while wistful, wood-warbler-wishing birders have seen few of their quarry. In the New York City area the number and variety of sparrows a birder can see in mid-April is astounding.

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Stairway to Heaven

10,000 Birds

Rusty-crowned Ground-Sparrows and Stripe-headed Sparrows are also fond of this brushy grass habitat. Stripe-headed Sparrows , when they sing, sound like someone squeezing a rubber ducky as fast as they can. And they sing a lot! Among the birds contributed by the lowland Thorn Forest habitat is the Thick-billed Kingbird.

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