Crown of Fire

At first it was only two of the small, fluffed up, brightly crowned birds. They were a male and female, and so I named one Ella--after a part of the species Latin name--and the other Norton.
However, now, two months after, there are now eleven Chipping Sparrows, most of them molting juveniles. can always tell their coming because of the loud explosion of:
"Chrrrwhupipchrrrrarrrrr-rrrr" that comes from the juveniles, and the insistent "Chip! Chip! Chip!" of the male.

Posted on August 19, 2022 07:07 PM by penelope-anne