Incoming!

Although the buffet was crowded there was room for one more.

Incoming!

Handsome.

I feed songbirds year round, though less diligently from late spring through autumn.

This handsome House Sparrow visited yesterday for some sunflower seed.

Surveys.

A House Sparrow surveys its surroundings.

Buffet.

House Sparrows feed at the sunflower seed buffet.

Picks.

A House Sparrow picks at a suet block.

Not easy.

House Sparrows are not clinging birds.

Extracting seeds from an upside-down sunflower seed head is not easy when you are not a clinging bird.

Pops up

A House Sparrow pops up for a look to see if the Cooper’s Hawk, which attempted to ambush birds at the feeder, has moved on.

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Mask

House Sparrows have a striking face mask.

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Splish splash

Two House Sparrows bathe on a mild fall day. A parking lot puddle is quite acceptable.

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Looks

A House Sparrow cocks it head and looks up.

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