Chipping Sparrow, Chicory ~ "Faithful Companion" ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Shorebird body carried with the kind

body carried with the kind of deliberate elegance that makes cranes look like they're always going somewhere important

the "Little Wonders” series invites you to smile at the lively essence of these spirited young birds

unhurried walk through shallow water that makes these birds look like they own every inch of the marsh

the warbler half-hidden among the Indian hemp

The Pileated Woodpecker is a bird of the deep woods -- nearly crow-sized

Chipping Sparrow, Chicory ~ "Faithful Companion" ~ "Songbirds & Friends" ~ Watercolor Shorebird body carried with the kindThe Chipping Sparrow is the small, neat bird that shows up in dooryards and gardens everywhere rusty cap, clean gray breast, a long dry trill of a song running through the warm afternoons. It is nobody's idea of a rare find, and that is exactly why I love it: a faithful companion to ordinary days, always there, always singing. I gave it chicory, the sky blue flower that lines the same roadsides these sparrows haunt, opening fresh each morning. The two