song sparrow – Feathered Photography

Song Sparrow In The Wasatch Mountains

Occasionally I have to remind myself that some of the more common species deserve some love too. (3 photos)

Merry Christmas

A helluva time to get sick. Really sick. (2 photos)

Song Sparrow With Grub For The Kiddos

How do they do that? (3 photos)

A Midge Smorgasbord At Bear River MBR

Everyone seemed to be eating midges, including me. (10 photos)

Song Sparrow – Instant Fluff-butt

I don’t post as many sparrows as I should, especially the common ones. To make matters worse, yesterday was World Sparrow Day and I made no mention of it. Today’s post is my attempt at redemption. (4 photos)

Some Christmas Memories

My chance to wish a Merry Christmas and a happy holiday Season to all of my readers. And to express some of what the season means to me at this stage in my life.

Some Recent Birds

Five photos, five species.

Some Recent Birds And Things

A cross section of some of the subjects I’ll aim my lens at while I’m in the field. With varying degrees of success.

Song Sparrow In A River Hawthorn Amongst The Berries

Song Sparrows don’t generate a lot of excitement but I think this is an unusually handsome specimen in a pretty setting.

Brood Parasitism of Song Sparrows by Brown-headed Cowbirds

It isn’t easy to watch as parasitic fledgling cowbirds run their adopted Song Sparrow parents ragged as they relentlessly follow the sparrows around and beg for food.

Song Sparrow – Where Did All Those Feathers Come From?

To me this (second photo) almost looks like two birds, one on top of the other. In fact there’s very little ‘almost’ about it – that’s what I see. But it’s a single Song Sparrow.