Among the most common of the spring songbirds is the song sparrow (Melospiza melodia). Because they are so common we tend to neglect them, as in, oh it’s just a sparrow. Shakespeare, of course, points out that. “there is a special providence in the fall of a sparrow.” And certainly their songs fill the air of a beautiful meadow as if they are there for our delight, such as the fellow of Figure 1 captured at the Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. It is so nice to hear the birds sing and to feel as though they are a part of a new resurrection, no longer the shivering birds of winter scraping hopefully for seeds.

Canon T2i with EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM Lens at 220 mm ISO 1600 with Aperture Priority AE Mode 1/4000th sec at f/7.1 ands no exposure compensation.