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Just moved from Detroit, Michigan to Southeast Florida.  Because of the multitude of wildlife here compared to Detroit, I became a backyard bird watcher.  I have a lot of backyard babies (my birds) and am going on 6 bird feeders.  I use this site all the time to identify some of my winged visitors, green parakeets, brown thrushes, sparrows, cardinals, egrets, flycatchers, etc.  One thing puzzling me is the relationship between a grasshopper sparrow and a fish crow.  Wherever the fish crow is, this crazy sparrows follows it.  Can anyone explain this odd behavior?

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Well, I don't know for sure but the sparrow is probably trying to get scraps.

Also the sparrow is probably not a Grasshopper Sparrow as they are only found in specialized grassland habitat even in migration.

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2008 Yard List: 125
Recent: Pine Siskin, Swamp Sparrow
Highlights: Hoary Redpoll, Golden Eagle, Fish Crow
2008 Year List: 197
Recent: Pine Siskin, Northern Gannet, Red-necked Grebe
Highlights: Cackling Goose, Black Vulture, Merlin

I guess that must be it.  What else could it be because it sounds exactly like a grasshopper sparrow and looks like one?

Meme:

I guess that must be it.  What else could it be because it sounds exactly like a grasshopper sparrow and looks like one?

I am not sure - House Sparrows, Chipping Sparrows, and Song Sparrows are all common. Maybe it is a Grasshopper Sparrow but that would be unusual.

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2008 Yard List: 125
Recent: Pine Siskin, Swamp Sparrow
Highlights: Hoary Redpoll, Golden Eagle, Fish Crow
2008 Year List: 197
Recent: Pine Siskin, Northern Gannet, Red-necked Grebe
Highlights: Cackling Goose, Black Vulture, Merlin