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Last night I had intended to write the post-mortem for the Fox Sparrow 
that has been faithfully visiting a feeder I had set up on the 
Gainesville-Hawthorne Trail for the past three winters.  I had not seen 
it since 31 December despite repeated searches daily by me and others.  
I thought it had fallen prey to  the Sharp-shinned Hawk, feral cat or 
bobcat that had been seen near the feeder recently.  Good thing I 
decided to do the dishes, and enter E-bird lists from old field notes 
instead of writing that sad post.

This morning, the Fox Sparrow was right where it should have been all 
along, happily munching away on the seed right behind the feeder, acting 
as if nothing was wrong or out of the ordinary. I guess it may prove 
less predictable then before.

The feeder is 400 yards south of SE 22nd Avenue or 1000  yards north of 
the Boulware Spring Parking Lot (off SE 15th St.) on the Gainesville 
Hawthorne recreation trail. The feeder is on the east side of the trail, 
just south of a gate and private property sign with a Pileated Woodpecker.

Andy Kratter
Gainesville, Florida

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