I have posted reports from one of our favorite birding locales, Bent of the River in South Britain, CT, several times before. The great thing about the Bent is that there is something new every time we go. A number of feeders right outside the observation deck at the Audubon Center affords us the opportunity to get nice and close to our subjects, and as they busy themselves taking advantage of the smorgasbord provided by the kind people at Audubon, they pay us little mind. Hence, photographs rank on the readily available end of the scale. Today's treat was several Fox sparrows foraging on the ground below one of the nearby feeders. These rufous beauties were a bit difficult to get off a clear shot of at first as they were concentrating their efforts below some thick brush. Patience paid off as it usually does, however, and one of the birds moved up into the open and gave us nice looks and nice shots. Special thanks to Audubon educator Jim Drennan who helped us identify the bird and stayed on to offer more advice for quite a while. Just one more reason to make this one of our premier "photo-op stops."
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