I often forget to look forward to some of our smallest arrivals until I hear the high-pitched tinkling reminder—kinglets are still around!
Photo by Sandra Uecker/USFWS
At Fair Meadows Sanctuary, the Swamp Sparrow is a common migrant and summer resident. The occasional winter birds that I have seen are invariably found feeding on invertebrates in the shallows of a pond that has year-round open water due to brisk upwelling from underground springs.
Photo by Gary Shackelford