On January 1st we were surveying the yard birds when a Red Fox Sparrow made a brief appearance below the feeders. Marcel kept his eye on the bird's general location, while I ran for a camera. The bird flew off before I got back, so I took off in pursuit of it. I relocated it upstream where it was drinking water from the creek. It flew up to a small cliff face and hopped through the rock crevices before flying into a ponderosa pine and then flying on and disappearing for good.
Today, January 8th, the Red Fox Sparrow was again spotted feeding on the ground below our feeders. After a while, it flew upstream. I followed it and found it in the cottonwood tangle where it was hopping up a massive cottonwood. The light was great and I finally got some good photos of this new yard bird.
Red Fox Sparrow - by Joel Such
Red Fox Sparrow - by Joel Such
Red Fox Sparrow - by Joel Such
Red Fox Sparrow - by Joel Such
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