Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)
One of the more rare visitors to winter feeding stations, the Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) may turn up in your yard if you have a sizable and active bird community and put some seed on the ground. They will seek you out in a hurry if they are nearby and snow suddenly covers their fields and grasslands. Their bold white eye ring and such clean brown colors are very attractive.
Read MoreJanuary speaker – Paul J. Baicich
We hope you will be joining us at RTPI on January 21 at 7:00PM EST for Paul J. Baicich presenting “Bird Feeding in America: A Story of Wild Birds, Innovation, and Conservation”. This is the first of our 2014 Speaker Series. Paul has been an active birder since his early teens in New York City. A former employee of the American Birding Association, he edited 14 of their “ABA Birdfinding Guides,” edited Birding, ABA’s bi-monthly magazine, and served as ABA’s Director of Conservation and Public Policy. His concerns include an abiding interest in bird conservation and studies in the breeding...
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