LittleRed

Day # 9 - Date : Sunday, October 22, 2017

This is the bird that I intended to use yesterday before the Cardinal made his unannounced arrival. This is usually the last Sparrow that is a migrant to leave my area. In fact, it appears today that I only have one, possibly two left at my feeding stations. But I also appear to have one Song Sparrow still hanging on, which is a bit of a surprise. But maybe not that much of a surprise as I had a White-throated spend all of last winter with us. So, anything is possible. Once these two Sparrows leave I won't see another one til next spring, unless we get any of the American Tree Sparrows to stop by during their late migration. Sometimes thats a yes, sometimes a no. I had at least 2 families of Chippers in my yard this year (they do breed here) but both these birds are adults. The juveniles do not have all the colors the adults have even at this late time of the year. My families appeared to have raised at least 4 or 5 young which is a pretty good sign. The first two pics were from today just before the rain moved in, the third was taken yesterday when I had much better light.
Hope you enjoy my pics.

LittleRed (Ron)

Canon T6i, Canon 300mm prime, 1/2000, f4, auto ISO @ 160, dist 30'


Canon T6i, Canon 300mm prime, 1/2000, f4.5, auto ISO @ 200, dist 30'


Canon T6i, Canon 300mm prime, 1/200, f5.6, auto ISO @ 200, dist 25'

cessnalvr Loc: West virginia

Nice job. Neat looking little bird

cessnalvr Loc: West virginia

Nice job. Neat looking little bird

Joy3

Sweet photos

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Nice shots

Swamp-Cork Loc: Lanexa, Virginia

Beautiful set, Ron and we usually have a sizeable flock of white-throated spend the winter with us along with a lesser number of juncos!

LittleRed

Thanks cessnalvr for looking and commenting on my pics, Tis appreciated.

Ron

LittleRed

Thanis Joy3 for the comment, appreciated.

Ron

LittleRed

Thanks again for looking and commenting.

Ron

LittleRed

Although some breed in our area we mostly see them during migration (both spring and fall). Again thanks for looking and the kind comments.

Ron

sailorsmom Loc: Souderton, PA

Very nice images, Ron!

LittleRed

Thanks sailorsmom for the comment.

Ron

merrytexan Loc: georgia

Great shots of that pretty little chipping sparrow!

LittleRed

Thanks merrytexan for the comment. I usually have at least a half a dozen breeding in my vicinity each summer.

Ron

Bill_de Loc: US

These birds are not supper pretty, but they do have an elegance about them that is as good as pretty. Very nice images.

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