It seems that more often than not there are some villagers that are around every time I turn on my game and I see them every day strolling about, but there are some that I have to search every Nook's and cranny (bad pun is bad) before I manage to stumble across them in the last place I look. Since Colton moved in from the campsite I have only seen him in town twice in the past couple weeks while on my main, and Sparro is fairly elusive as well. I swear this one time I was looking for Sparro I checked the town, Brewster's cafe, all the stores, all the museum exhibits, villager houses, then I went back to Brewster's and found him (not the first time a jock teleported around town, this one time I ran past Bam on the way to the store and when I walked in he was already there). I know some villager types aren't even awake at certain times but I don't have these problems with Julian and Sterling so I don't think it has anything to do with personality type. There are even times when I log into my alt character and they suddenly appear in town after I was unable to find them, I swear they're avoiding my mayor or something.
I think it might just be bad luck but it seems odd that it's always those two that I can't find unless I hunt them down (there have been others in the past but currently it's just them that do this). I think it's hilarious although a bit annoying since I'm trying to be friends with Sparro, does anyone else have this kind of thing happen?