Birds and Nature

Having found two LeConte's Sparrows in a week was made sweeter when this bird came out into the open and stayed put for at least 5 minutes while I snapped pics and slowly approached closer. I was very pleased to get the top pic that shows the bird's nape quite nicely. I got these pics from only about 25 feet away. At the CBC compilation we found out there were about 5 LeConte's Sparrows found on this count and all were in or around the Estero Llano Grande State Park.

First I spotted a LeConte's Sparrow during the La Sal Vieja Christmas Bird Count on Dec 27 then this one on Jan 3 during the Weslaco CBC at Estero Llano Grande State Park--these are the first two LeConte's I have ever seen. Only a few of these have been found back in Colorado where their status is of very rare vagrant. So it was pretty cool to find two in less than a week. SeEtta