Chipping Sparrow
“On the last day of January a Chipping Sparrow showed up amongst the other sparrows in our backyard.”
Through the year
Columns that mention it, by the month they were published.
Year by year
Columns that mention it each year.
In his words
All 10 passages, oldest first.
Finally, April 15 delivered the first of the season Chipping Sparrows and Northern Flickers (Yellow-shafted).
The bird was identified as an Albino Chipping Sparrow.
Chipping sparrows arrived adding to the mix of Fox, White-throated and Song sparrows.
Although not glamorous, the first Chipping Sparrow showed up under our feeders on April 6.
Additional mentionings from the yard and across town include a leucistic Chipping Sparrow and a band of fifteen boisterous Blue Jay youngsters that forced me to temporarily cease my backyard feeding operations.
Additional noteworthy first sightings in April include - Chipping Sparrows starting on April 17 and on the 18 my wife and son spotted at least sixty Glossy Ibis flying over the house, perhaps in route to Stratton Island.
Chipping Sparrows arrived a full week later this year and my first Gray Catbird of the season showed up in our yard on the exact same day, April 29, as last spring.
On the last day of January a Chipping Sparrow showed up amongst the other sparrows in our backyard.
Chipping Sparrows arrived adding to the mix of White-throateds, Song and Fox Sparrows.
Another recent observation has centered on our early morning songsters: Catbirds, Robins, Eastern Phoebes, Cardinals, and Chipping Sparrows.