[obol] Sparring sparrows

[Marcia Marvin]

OBOL,

I almost used the subject line "size doesn't matter," but was afraid  
it wouldn't get past some spam filters.

I looked out under the feeder today and saw every Golden-crowned  
Sparrow in the neighborhood gathered there.  I often have a few, but  
today they all showed up.  I suspected they were getting ready to  
move out.  In any case, no other sparrows or allies were in sight.   
Then I noticed a single Fox Sparrow, zipping around and through the  
bulkier GCs and intimidating them all.  Everybody cleared the way for  
the Fox.  My previous observations suggest that the bigger bird gets  
to boss the smaller ones, but the Fox hadn't heard about that  
research.  Did I just see a particularly feisty individual?

Marcia



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Marcia Marvin * mmarvin at spiritone.com * SW Portland, OR, USA