Baby "Chip"
Mama and Daddy chipping sparrow
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Chipping Sparrows
Chipping Sparrows are the sweetest little birds with a loud trilling song that makes them easy to identify by sound. We've enjoyed listening to them all throughout the spring and Andrew was pretty sure we had some nesting nearby. This morning on the way out to take Daisy for a walk I found a fledgling in the front yard. I picked him up and stroked his head while mama and daddy looked on from the weeping cherry. Later I saw the entire family on the wire fence by the side yard and baby was getting a hardy meal. Usually there are 2-7 eggs in the clutch. This may be the first one to fledge. I'm fondly referring to him as "Chip". Chipping sparrows eat grasses, herbs and insects; and prefer to nest in evergreens.
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That first photo with the spread wings is ingredible... :)
I wonder if that's what flew in my house Tuesday night, since you say they nest in evergreens. My evergreens are encroaching on my front door and as Nancy was leaving after meditation something flew in the open door. Sam was after it immediately, but he just located it and didn't hurt it. It was a small brown stripey looking fledgling. We were able to shoo it back out the door without hurting it.
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