<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpb5af7befyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I may have your Song sparrows, Al. They have been a constant presence in my yard since spring and are nesting somewhere near. They sing so beautifully and I am happy to feed them anything they want.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Susan Wiste</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Duluth<br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydpb5af7befsignature"><div><h4 style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; border-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(57, 61, 70); letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 24px;"><p class="ydpb5af7befmcc" id="ydpb5af7befmccongrats" style="line-height:1em;font-style:italic;color:rgb(51, 51, 51);letter-spacing:normal;"><font class="ydpb5af7befApple-style-span" face="'lucida console', sans-serif"></font></p><p class="ydpb5af7befmcc" id="ydpb5af7befmccongrats" style="line-height:1em;font-style:italic;"><font class="ydpb5af7befApple-style-span" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif"><font class="ydpb5af7befApple-style-span" size="2">I</font><font class="ydpb5af7befApple-style-span" size="2"> value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs. --Joseph Addison</font></font></p><div style="font-size:medium;"><font class="ydpb5af7befApple-style-span" face="'lucida console', sans-serif"><br></font></div></h4></div></div></div>
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On Sunday, July 14, 2019, 12:00:26 PM CDT, Al Batt via Mnbird <mnbird@lists.mnbird.net> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">There have been no Song Sparrows singing in my yard this year. I don’t recall that ever being the case before during my long history of springs and summers. I miss their uplifting songs. My garden struggles without their company.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Al Batt<br></div><div dir="ltr">Your Hartland correspondent<br></div><div dir="ltr">Freeborn County<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">_______________________________________________<br></div><div dir="ltr">Mnbird mailing list<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a ymailto="mailto:Mnbird@lists.mnbird.net" href="mailto:Mnbird@lists.mnbird.net">Mnbird@lists.mnbird.net</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird_lists.mnbird.net" target="_blank">http://lists.mnbird.net/mailman/listinfo/mnbird_lists.mnbird.net</a><br></div></div>
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