song sparrow

at sweetwater wetland

My last post of the year - now what do I do next year? We will see. Thanks to all for inspiring me with your beautiful posts and thanks for your encouraging and positive comments. Hope 2011 is a good year for all.

Song sparrow in a tree.

Plenty of these little guys amoung the reeds at a local pond.

This one, I think is a song sparrow. There was such a number and variety of sparrows and waders at the preserve that day that I'll have to go back and watch them some more, but I don't think I'll get back there this week. Too much work to do.

I had to get help with the id of this one as North American sparrows are still a challenge for me.

I'm pretty sure this is a Song Sparrow, if so it is a new bird to the backyard for me. I have a hard time id'ing sparrows, so hopefully I'm right.

Typical Song Sparrow grabbing an early lunch snack.

Much of the landscape is barren, dessicated and wind scoured. But, in one small cleft of a hill-side there is this patch of verdent green. It means only one thing...water. From withing the depths of the rock and soil a spring has struggled it's way to the surface and created this small oasis...

I love these sweet birds. They seem to travel in mixed flocks with the Juncos and White-throated Sparrows but I've only seen two or three together at a time. They don't seem to form large flocks like the Juncos do. I've been pretty busy the last couple weeks and was teaching a painting seminar...

Song Sparrow at the feeder

As the Hermit Thrush, this was taken through double pane glass window.. it pays to keep the window clean, and perches close to the house.

I love these sweet little Sparrows! I have three of them coming into the feeders with my mixed group of Sparrows and Juncos every day now. Most of the other Sparrows will roost hidden in the shrubs when taking a break from feeding but the Song Sparrows sometimes find a spot right out in the open...

There just so cute at that stage.

This bird is living beneath the Falcon's box. Life in the Falcon-zone is very risky.

Here you can see what the Sony Carl Zeiss lens and 13.6MP image can do at close range.

Well I can certainly see where these birds got their names from....what beautiful songs they sing! I took a quick gander at a little wildlife management area that I don't normally go to, and the sounds and songs of these sparrows filled the air! Difficult to see, though, as the early morning...

I may be wrong but I think this is a Song Sparrow. The habitat was right - in the brush by ponds.

A Song Sparrow that came right up to me for a close up view. :)

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Shutter speed is entirely too slow. It is evident in the fact that the image is not sharp.