A flash of yellow and a chestnut necklace catch my eye and there it is—a tiny bird, actively moving along the tips of the foliage in the upper canopy.
Photo by Gary Shackelford
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