The area around the College Creek Hawkwatch on the Colonial Parkway along the James River always has lots of sparrows when it snows...today 2-3 inches... as there is melting along the edge of the usually quiet road, exposing a narrow band of grass and mud to feed in. Today there was Vesper Sparrow, rare in this area (photo) and 152 White-throated Sparrows, 63 Dark-eyed Juncos, 51 Fox Sparrows, 9 Northern Cardinals, 7 Chipping Sparrows, 3 Savannah Sparrows, 3 Song Sparrows and an Eastern Towhee. In addition, there were many American Robins, 31 American Pipits, 7 Killdeer and a dead Greater Yellowlegs.
Brian Taber
