Fox Sparrow Visit

 Viburnum is in bloom in the backyard.

In spring my bird bath is used often.  I have to change water everyday.👍

Black-capped Chickadee: "Thank you for clean water."😁

Fox Sparrow:  "Golden-crowned Sparrow (L) sometimes 

kicks me out.  But I like it here."🤩

Another Passerby

 In spring, a Fox Sparrow sometimes visit my backyard on the way into the woods.

Several days ago, I noticed one.  

"I am different from other sparrows.  I have 

triangular spots all over the front."

"Can you see me better?"

"I am washing all over now before taking off to the forest."

Spring Visitor

Blueberry bushes now have blossoms.   The temperature fluctuates a lot, but slowly and surely it is warming up.   

On the tall grass, I found someone new.  It looks a little like a Song Sparrow, but who is it?

"Just guess!"

"I am a Fox Sparrow.  I have streaks 

all over chest and tummy."

A Rare Visitor #2

The blueberry leaves are getting red.

Under the old fruit trees, I discovered another rare visitor: Fox Sparrow

"I like to be hidden.  I need to kick the ground to find some bugs."

"A  Towhee was bullying me because he, a resident,
also kicks the ground to find food."

Aggressive Visitor

This morning the summer time began.  One hour hopped forward.  Now the magnolia tree is in full bloom.

During the short rain break, I saw a visitor.

"Do you remember me?  I have triangular spots on front.  I am not a house sparrow."

"I can chase out a house sparrow."

"I am a Fox Sparrow."

One of Many Cousins

In the dark morning, someone sneaked into my backyard.   A couple of years ago I saw one up on my pine tree, but that one  never came to the feeder.   This one was brave enough to let me take a picture.

In the shade:

"Hi,  I am a Fox Sparrow.  On my chest/tummy I have triangular spots."

In the sun:

"I am a sooty colored subspecies of the Pacific Northwest.  

I have a lot of cousins.  Some in Alaska can be reddish; 

others in western mountains are slate colored."