song sparrow

A song sparrow sings to cheer up a gray day...

If you look closely you will see that the image is not sharp. Reason: the shutter speed is only1/200 sec. Rule of thumb is that with long prime lenses the shutter should be 1/prime; meaning 1 over the focal length i.e. 1/500, as I was using a 500mm. lense. This is the MINIMUM shutter when using...

Another one through the window.

I've had just a few of these birds coming into the feeders with my mixed flock of Juncos and Sparrows. Yesterday there were three of these pretty Sparrows here. All the garden birds are feeding like piggies the last few days. Do they know it is going to be bitterly and dangerously cold by the...

Took this a few days ago, I sort of like the Autumn feel to it, hope you like

This is my first song sparrow--any kind of sparrow, actually. This one was flitting out to the stump for seed until it seen me--then it tried to hide in the bushes on me--the time of year has made that a little difficult--almost no leaves to hide behind :-O

Seems all the sparrows were in the tall grasses this morning trying to stay warm

2nd in the series...

Another from the Bolsa Chica weekend...

I don't often paint flowers, but I have a particular fondness for chicory, which crowds the roadsides along with seeding plumes of brome grass in late summer.

After a few days of lousy weather, finally got a chance to go out and see birds

Sparrows are amoung my favorite birds to photograph; they are taken so much for granted. I like the little brown bird. They have such subtle tones and values and yet can have such crytpic patterns. Vocaly, this bird live up to it's name.

Took this a few days ago and posted it to show the subtle difference between a Fox and Song sparrow. Hopefully I am correct on both, because they are very confusing

A very common bird in NS, but I thought this one posed rather nicely.

Common bird locally, and one of the earliest to sing in Spring

I believe these are Song Sparrow, but didn't quite look right to me. Also doesn't quite match the ones in any of my books but looks closest to that. If anyone can help out with positive ID, thanks. Song Sparrows are very common here but something was a bit different about these.

Still lots of snow on the ground when this spring arrival appeared.

Just a couple of shots of the first Song sparrow that i have seen this Spring. Shooting them against the snow is a challenge.

Lucky shot of a song sparrow outside my office sliding glass door! Makes you wonder who is watching who!

Lucky shot of a song sparrow with a crappy old Fuji camera! What the heck! It isn't a glamorous shot with my Canon.....but hey, I like it!

Couldn't resist posting another songster

but I only seen 9 today, makes me wonder? If KC all of a sudden posts Song Sparrows, I know where they went and I also know they're in good hands.

This songster must belong to a Models Union, because he just likes to pose.