I just took this photo of this little guy spotted at my feeder this morning. He caught my eye because he was not one of the regulars. I had to look him up in the bird book, and his rusty-colored, heavily streaked breast and plump little body gave him away. Also the fact that he was scratching around in the seeds like a chicken, flinging seed with his feet. He’s a Fox Sparrow.
My bird book shows him wintering in south Jersey and says ‘is seen under seed feeders during spring and autumn migrations.’ So there you have it. He’s made it all the way from south Jersey to north Jersey so far! Spring is on its way even though it sure doesn’t feel like it today with a chill wind blowing and temps expected to plummet to the the teens by tomorrow. Lead on little sparrow!
Posted by Lynne on 03/05/2007 at 06:38 AM
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