Thursday, May 05, 2011

Pale Male, White-crowned Sparrow vs Chipping Sparrow, the Mystery Bird with Mysterious Nesting Materials


Photo courtesy of PaleMale.com
Pale Male takes off with focus. And so the days pass, food hunted, caught, eaten, turns taken on the nest, eyes alert for possible intruders- and days waiting on eggs.

Though both are sparrows there is a definite disparity between the sizes of White-crowned Sparrow and Chipping Sparrow. Of late White-crowned has been posturing at just about anything that moves. He exudes a physical challenge to all who walk by him. Often the song birds only challenge their own species but White-crown appears to feel the need to challenge everyone.

Chipping Sparrow avoids his challenges by just ignoring him. And if White-crowned makes a jump at him he takes off at speed. Chippy is far faster off the ground after all and then he just sets down in an area behind White-throats back and goes back to his business. It's obvious he feels his business if far more important than posturing.

A mystery bird with mystery nesting material.



Like a magic trick, it unfurls and the bird is gone.

Donegal Browne

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