Sparrows Everywhere!
Leaving the house in the morning there was a Violet Green Sparrow fledgling on the porch steps and another was on the walk by the garage. Both fledglings chirping away and looking skyward in expectation of a meal. They had left the nest box on the garage. Two siblings were piking their heads out of the box. The day before there were three other fledgling sparrows on the deck by the kitchen window. They had jumped out of the nest box under the house eve above the dining room room window. Fluttering their wings these young sparrows move jerkily along the ground until they build enough strength to fly. The adults swoop low over the ground, much lower than when feeding, encouraging the young to take flight. I am careful where i walk for fear of stepping on the fledglings. My two nest boxes have been home for two broods each of Violet Green Swallows this year.
