Sparrows & Spring

        Spring has Sprung

                                     Robin's nest building well on its way just outside our window.

                                                                                                                                                                 4/15/2013: 11:44AM South Burlington VT

 Time to spread those wings.  

                                                                                                                                                                                      Mourning Cloak -Nymphalis antiopa  

Family

Nymphalidae, Brush-footed Butterflies

Description

2 7/8-3 3/8" (73-86 mm). Large. Wing margins ragged. Dark with pale margins. Above, rich brownish-maroon, iridescent at close range, with ragged, cream-green band, bordered inwardly by brilliant blue spots all along both wings. Below, striated, ash-black with row of blue-green to blue-gray chevrons just inside dirty yellow border.

http://natureshare.com/#species-page/Butterflies/Mourning-Cloak

More info @ http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Nymphalis-antiopa

 White Throated Sparrow

 

 

Up, Up and Away!

                          
                                                                                    





      
                                                                                                    Chipping Sparrow

                                                                                                   "Note the  rusty head,
                                                                                                    the pale eyebrow, and the clear breast."
                                                                                                    --Bruce MacPherson






 

Song Sparrow
"Note the heavy stripes, grayish face, and dark "mustache". Often the stripes will converge into a dark spot or stick pin."
--Bruce MacPherson
Green Mtn Audubon Society
http://www.greenmountainaudubon.org/






See American Tree Sparrow @
 http://www.litterwithastorytotell.blogspot.com/2013/04/backyard-birds-american-tree-sparrow.html