song sparrow

Another...

Light had yet begun to penetrate the interior of the thick woods surrounding the the ponds. The air is still heavy from the loss of energy during the night. An earthy aromatic scent, mixed with the swampy odors of the ponds, permeated the air. Yellow-throats were already establishing boundaries...

This sparrow was seen near my home in Oregon. I really like the pattern of the plumage so I kept the background very simple to keep the focus on the bird

Shooting with flash today. Use recorded bait to pull in this bird.

Not what we would call a Sparrow in the UK

The birds are really singing their terrirorial songs today!

Poor fellow is showing signs of wear and tear. They to live up to their name, however. Singing all morning long at San Joaquine

Melospiza melodia at Lake Murray, San Diego, CA, 05-07-07, Canon 20D 400/f5.6L.

same fellow as couple days ago, new pose; slightly better image.

This little one landed in a small tree as close to me as I could focus the scope.

Amazingly I think this is the first picture of a Song Sparrow that I have ever posted (I have hundreds of shots of them) but this one was so cute splashing away. He didn't take notice of me at all.

I stood under this little guy and listened to him for a few minutes.

A frequent visitor

A song sparrow at the nyjer during a snow storm.

Song sparrow at our nyjer feeder during a snow storm.

Another shot through the window.

6 inch Whitish breast with brown streaks and a dark central dot; reddish brown crown with a gray central stripe, gray eyebrows. There are not to many Hummers out but I will live.

Few birds in the yard lately. I was glad to get these.

Well the weather people were wrong again and there was no sunshine, again.... Anyway, I decided to go out with camera in hand anyway. I'm so happy I did, not too many decent photographs but lots of birds! I was so happy to see this sweet sparrow again. It seems he's going to be a daily visitor.

This lovely sparrow has been hanging about the feeders lately but is a bit shy about having his photo taken and flits away the second the lens is pointed his way. I had to crop this quite a bit and it was another taken at ISO800 at 1/80. We are supposed to get a bit of sun between the clouds...

One of the few over wintering ones. Hiding among the cattails, he was checking me out.

Here is the Sparrow you asked for Joe Pan. It was taken in a wood pile. Thanks

I am going to try and document this species of bird throught the year for the purpose of archiving the moult from winter to spring. It is a good candidtate as it comes redily to bird calls and songs. Stay tuned for comparative plumage.