Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Tree sparrow and common redpolls

The sun came out, the fog went away, and the path got muddy.  But it was worth it because this morning on our Tuesday morning walk we saw a tree sparrow at Bennington Lake.  It was in the middle of the sunflower patch along with dozens of white-crowned sparrows, juncos, and song sparrows. Standing guard above the patch on a kestrel box was a sharp-shinned hawk.  After the hawk flew away to chase some white-crowned sparrows in the rose bushes, the tree sparrow came back up and sat on top of a weed.  While we were watching the sparrow, a flock of 21 common redpolls flew overhead and landed in the trees nearby.  We saw a total of 25 species for the day.  Ginger

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