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'
Nice job. Neat looking little bird
Nice job. Neat looking little bird
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!
cessnalvr wrote:
Nice job. Neat looking little bird
Thanks cessnalvr for looking and commenting on my pics, Tis appreciated.
Ron
Thanis Joy3 for the comment, appreciated.
Ron
jerryc41 wrote:
Nice shots
Thanks again for looking and commenting.
Ron
Swamp-Cork wrote:
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!
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 wrote:
Very nice images, Ron!
Thanks sailorsmom for the comment.
Ron
LittleRed wrote:
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)
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Great shots of that pretty little chipping sparrow!
merrytexan wrote:
Great shots of that pretty little chipping sparrow!
Thanks merrytexan for the comment. I usually have at least a half a dozen breeding in my vicinity each summer.
Ron
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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