The clay coloured sparrow had fast become one of the most recognizable calls to me. I first thought these fellas to be juvenille White throated sparrows. After a while it started to bug me that it seemed too early to have babies that size and that clearly marked. So I headed back to my bird books convinced that there was another name to attach to these cuties.
While trying to ID these guys I happened to be watching when he opened his mouth and that all but cinched the ID. It sounded very un bird like...as a matter of fact it sounded very much like a bug! A grasshopper to be specific!
They are the one of if not the tiniest sparrow...smaller than the chipping and they LOVE sitting on the tree's and screech away. I thought that this was another first but when I went back through my pictures I realized that they had been here before I had just Misfiled them!
I feel blessed to be alive!
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