Fox Sparrow
“My notes from the field include, on the morning of March 18 my son and I crept up on two busy Fox Sparrows.”
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.
The distant relative Fox Sparrow has not been particularly shy this spring across Cape Elizabeth.
On the same day Fox sparrows were spotted in more than one location across Cape.
On the morning of March 25 and right on schedule, three Fox Sparrow appeared in our yard.
My notes from the field include, on the morning of March 18 my son and I crept up on two busy Fox Sparrows.
Migratory woodpeckers such as the Northern Flicker and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker numbers peak in April as do Brown Creepers, Eastern Phoebes, Winter Wrens, Brown Thrashers, White-throated Sparrows, Swamp Sparrows, and fleeting pass through migrants like Fox Sparrows and “Ipswich” Savanah Sparrows.
Lastly, on the sunny morning of April 2 the first Fox Sparrow of the yard appeared in our yard.
A few notes from the yard and field over the last two weeks include, on the morning of March 16 my first Fox Sparrow of the season arrived in the backyard to scratch about.
On the wintery morning of December 8, a lingering Fox Sparrow arrived in my backyard to scratch about, throwing little jets of snow into the air.
Certain birds mark the changing of the seasons for me and there is something special about the arrival of Fox Sparrows every spring that renews my spirit.
Chipping Sparrows arrived adding to the mix of White-throateds, Song and Fox Sparrows.