Nature Done Wright

Don Torino's latest column for the Meadowlands Nature Blog is all about one of my favorite winter birds, the American Tree Sparrow. Here's a sample:

"I was immediately captivated by this diminutive but very energetic little bird with a rusty-colored cap, gray face and very small and dark but very noticeable splotch on its breast.

"After realizing my presence, it very quickly raised the rufous hackles on its head and was off like a flash into the russet grasses of the field."

(Photographed the guy above in my backyard in Jan. 2015 — an infrequent appearance.)

The link is here.