Long Beach (88)
The first-order Fresnel lens that was used in both the Cape Disappointment Lighthouse and the North Head Lighthouse at various times. While at North Head it was once struck by a duck caught in some strong gales, chipping one of the prisms. There is some chance this is not the original lens as it passed through so many hands and seems to be stamped by a maker from a later period, but if it is not, it is a good representation of it.
20240423 Spizella passerina (Chipping Sparrow) [inat obs id 208993471]
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Chipping Sparrow-21Mar24
Chipping Sparrow on a white millet tube feeder
Chipping Sparrow
Maple Lawn, Maryland
047 St John the Baptist church, Wood street, Barnet, Greater London borough
A Church of England parish church of Chipping Barnet, Greater London. A C13 Church was rebuilt by John de la Moote, abbot of St Albans, in about 1400, the architect being Beauchamp. The church was extensively renovated by William Butterfield in 1871–1872,
Chipping Sparrow
4-23-2024
Chipping sparrow.
Madison CT.
Chipping sparrow.
Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, April 21, 2024
A non rescript little bird that shows up about the same time as the tree sparrows disappear for the summer.
Spizella passerina.
The nest of the Chipping Sparrow is of such flimsy construction that light can be seen through it. It probably provides little insulation for the eggs and young.
On a limb
I tend to not notice sparrows as they are ubiquitous but this Chipping sparrow (Spizella passerina) posed so nicely on a maple tree branch that I couldn't resist.
According to the Cornell Labs, In 1929, Edward Forbush called the Chipping Sparrow “the little brown-capped pensioner of the dooryard and lawn, that comes about farmhouse doors to glean crumbs shaken from the tablecloth by thrifty housewives.”
15831 - OU12FFV - High Street, Chipping Norton - 22 May 2015
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Chipping Sparrow
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge, Oklahoma
Chipping Sparrow
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Chipping Sparrow
7Apr 24. Inks Lake SP, Burnet TX
Chipping Sparrow
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Chipping Sparrow
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Bliss Tweed Mill, Chipping Norton, Cotswolds, Oxfordshire
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Chipping Sparrow
Howard County
Chipping Sparrows
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Chipping sparrow
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Chipping Sodbury Shop Bread-6241
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Chipping Sodbury Shop Key Lime Pie-6240
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Chipping Sodbury Shop Doughnuts-6244
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Chipping Sodbury Shop-6246
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Chipping Sodbury Shop Doughnuts-6243
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Chipping sparrow.
Litchfield CT.