EXPLORING NATURE: SPARROWS

Tiring of my usual backyard birds such as black-crested titmice, Carolina wrens and northern cardinals, I traipsed over to the Patsy Glenn Refuge one recent afternoon and walked to a bird blind at the back of the property. Multiple seed feeders and a water feature make this blind a real magnet for birds.

Seated inside the blind, I raised my binoculars to feast on a new cast of avian beauties.

I was just a tad disappointed that most of the birds I saw were sparrows, especially house sparrows. There were also black-crested titmice, Carolina wrens and one northern cardinal.