A New Sparrow on a Sunday

Check it out all. A new sparrow to add to my list. This pretty little bird is called a Savannah Sparrow. We spent around 20 minutes trying to find this thing which was rather difficult due to the fact we had to distinguish it from the song and field sparrows! Such a pretty bird though. Check out the yellow around its face. Hard to get a photo of because it is quick and blends in well with tree branches!

My first successful attempt at Kildeer pictures. Another birder pointed the bird out to me and it took me 5 minutes to locate it despite her clear directions! This bird blends in very well with the background and I wouldn't have seen it unless it moved.

Another picture. Isn't it adorable!!! This is my new favorite shore bird for the month of April.

One last picture of it. I could have photographed it all afternoon.

I saw the Pileated this morning. He was busy working on a series of dead snags at the cemetery.

A picture of a Black Capped Chickadee. Even though I have seen it all year, this bird makes me smile every time I see it.

And finally some fun Heron pictures. The male heron spent about 20 minutes this morning flying from the nest to a pine tree to get soft pine for the nest.

He would fly over to grab it, and then fly back and drop it in the nest.



She would inspect it and if she like it, she would add it to the nest while he patiently waited. Once it was added to the nest he would fly off again to repeat the process. Very interesting to watch!

Have a great Sunday everyone.