Chipping Sparrow at Central Winds Park

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.

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.

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,