A few trees at our campground were alive with chipping sparrows and their babies this warm summer day. There was constant high-pitched chatter
and it seemed like the baby noise was everywhere. Upon inspection, I found tiny fledglings begging for food on branches close to the ground and
higher in the trees. It soon became apparent that one of the noises was coming from the ground. When I stepped towards that area, this little
guy went bumbling and stumbling his way through the clumps of grass to the bushes at the base of a tree. Soon his head popped out and
he was scanning the sky for his food source (mom and dad) and peeping when he thought it was safe. In the third photo I was lucky to get
him eying a northern bluet damselfly as his next meal (if it would just come a little closer!) He and the other babies were just balls of
fluff with these little tiny wings that were just beginning to work. Soooo cute!
Pine Lake area of the Dixie National Forest. © Carol Davis 7-9-2008
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