House Sparrow Mommy and Baby

Feeding time.

House Sparrows at the Bird Bath

Just minutes after I filled the bird bath with warm water to melt the ice, I had customers.

Puddle Bird

I was scoping out the back yard, looking for Oregon juncos...none have arrived yet, but there are plenty of house sparrows.

NOT a Hummingbird

Noticed a flurry of activity at one of the hummingbird feeders...but no hummingbirds. Lots of busy finches and sparrows in the rain today.

House Sparrow Fluffed Up

A little girl sparrow waiting her turn to swoop in for a snack at the platform feeder.

House Sparrow Invasion

House sparrows gather probably 50 at a time under, and at, the backyard platform feeder. They don't stay still for long. They swoop to the food, eat for a few seconds and swoop away.

Bird Gathering Spot

The platform feeder was a popular spot yesterday. On the left is an Oregon junco, on the right is a house sparrow, and look at the red rump on that bird on the fence. That's a male house finch.

Crowded Bird Feeder

Mostly house finches yesterday afternoon, with one house sparrow dipping into the seed in this photo.

Sweet Oregon Junco Gal

A female Oregon Junco picking through the frosty grass for breakfast. The Juncos, house finches, pine siskins and house sparrows are winter buddies in my yard.

Messy Bird Bath

A semi-frozen bird bath. I'll clean it up when it warms up. The birds that love it are house sparrows, which come to winter in the yard.