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Chipping Sparrow |
When I moved to Florida I was very new to birding, and I knew next to nothing about sparrows. I remember going to take our dog Ella to a dog park. I didn't know at the time that right next to this dog park was the best place to find warblers in Seminole County, Central Winds Park. Anyway, I remember walking from the dog park to Lake Jesup and seeing sparrows. I had no idea what they were, but I took a couple photos (terrible ones with a point and shoot camera), and later determined they were Chipping Sparrows.
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Chipping Sparrow |
The odd thing is that since that first visit I've been to Central Winds (including the dog park area) 250 times and seen 152 speices in the park. However, I haven't seen single sparrow since that first visit--no Savannah Sparrows, no Swamp Sparrows, nothing.
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Chipping Sparrow |
However, this week I've started seeing Chipping Sparrows here again. And a couple have even been pretty cooperative. Now it would be great to see some other sparrows here too--Clay-colored would be nice,
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