Passer domesticus – previouslytexan

Feeding birds.

Feeding songbirds during a snowfall. American Goldfinch (left) and House Sparrow (right).

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

Incoming!

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

This handsome House Sparrow visited yesterday for some sunflower seed.

A House Sparrow surveys its surroundings.

House Sparrows feed at the sunflower seed buffet.

A House Sparrow picks at a suet block.

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.

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.

House Sparrows have a striking face mask.

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