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Off Topic => Anything Goes => Topic started by: musicalfool on May 28, 2010, 12:28:45 PM

Title: Ocean going Sparrow
Post by: musicalfool on May 28, 2010, 12:28:45 PM

while sailing on the queen mary II from newyork to southampton recently we shared the company of a White crowned sparrow who roosted on our balcony each  evening and apparently disembarked when we  docked.  i worried how this
avian traveller would make out if deciding to stay in europe. Presumably winters in the Uk are not as cold as in ontario.
is this a frequent occurrence, does anyone know?

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Post by: thouc on May 28, 2010, 08:36:33 PM

Interesting. Not all rarities fly across the ocean by themselves apparently.
I guess the British Birds Rarities Committee http://www.bbrc.org.uk/ (http://www.bbrc.org.uk/) would be interested in this observation.

/Thomas

Title: Ocean going sparrow
Post by: musicalfool on May 28, 2010, 11:41:23 PM

Thank you Thomas.  I shall contact them.