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Fledgling House Sparrow Getting Fed

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A couple of weeks ago I watched and photographed a young House Sparrow getting fed by its mother. I also watched, but failed to get pictures of, the same young bird being fed by two different male House Sparrows. This post was first published in June 2008, but we’re sharing this tender moment to celebrate World Sparrow Day !)

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2017 starts off with Black-throated Sparrows

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This is a chance to recharge out batteries, spend a little quite time together and try to get in a whole bunch of birding done. This was a real bonus spot last year, especially with migratory sparrows. The biggest surprise this year was the large number of Black-throated Sparrows. Then, I try to you avoid the bad parts.

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My Do-over

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But, as I detailed last week , that drive to the Pacific Coast was a rather spectacular failure, because of a highly unseasonal rain, and my failure to recharge my camera battery. But this time, it would be in the afternoon, with strong winds and brilliant sunshine… and a full camera battery. White-crowned Sparrow.

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Honestly, How Much Could It Rain?

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The Song Sparrows were wet. And the White-crowned Sparrows were very, very wet. I had thought that my camera use on two previous neighborhood outings was not enough to demand recharging its battery. I’m fond of photos of birds in a visible mist or drizzle. But these ones looked almost as bedraggled as I did. I was wrong.

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Come@Me Week Round Up

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1PM – Clare: Cameras with AA Batteries are the Best. 7PM – Jochen: Spring Sparrows are Way Cooler than Spring Warblers. If you managed to miss anything during our week of belligerence and strong opinions here’s your chance to go back and click on some wonderful posts! 7AM – Intro Post. 1PM – Meredith: Bald Eagles are Tools.

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Three Impressions

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Two more sparrows on the macadam ahead of me… In my early birding days, I would simply assume that they are sparrows, possibly not even taking another look at them, but now I am too old to be so naive.

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Welcome to Come@Me Week

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1PM – Clare: Cameras with AA Batteries are the Best. 7PM – Jochen: Spring Sparrows are Way Cooler than Spring Warblers. We are more refined, merely enjoying invasive species, thinking extinct birds are gone and you should get over it, and that those who like to watch gulls probably have a screw or two loose.