Day 337 - a Year by the Sea

December 4, 2007 by OrientSee.

An American Tree Sparrow. This is one of the few sparrows that I can readily identify. The key is that the lower bill is yellow and the upper bill is black. Makes it easy for an inexperienced observer like myself. The surprise of the day was that I saw anything. The day was cold, cloudy, windy and filled with snow flurries. I was dressed for the arctic and yet there were sparrows, pigeons, crows, mockingbirds, gulls, a red tailed hawk, a flock of some northern finch and a great blue heron. The thickets were filled with bird chirps and yet it was only 24 degrees F. It was actually a good day to be out watching the marsh. The grasses were showing off their orange red colors and a few trees still bore green leaves. A good day.

Ciao!

-Jorge

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