Thursday, July 21, 2011

Shared parenting


There's an abundance of song sparrows around the marsh this summer. They often have two, sometimes even three broods during a season, nesting into August. Fledglings typically leave the nest before they can fly, hiding in the ground cover, being fed usually by the male, while the female renests. This one seen this morning carrying a caterpillar, obviously has young nearby.

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