Eurasian Tree Sparrow - juveniles and adults - documentation photo series (poor quality)
Carondelet Park St. Louis City on 8/8/13 (CM) - Wow, there were so many juveniles mixed in with the adults. I knew I better get photos to document these birds and their numbers. They are escaping in this photo from loud machines being moved past them. The birds were constantly relocating as these machines (bulldozers and levelers, etc.) were used to work on the Riverfront Trail. The birds had obviously nested in the area under construction. I think the fledglings fledged just in time. They are flying over Jewelweed. At one point when a large group was all together on the ground, I counted 63 ETS.
Eurasian Tree Sparrow - juveniles and adults - documentation photo series (poor quality)
Carondelet Park St. Louis City on 8/8/13 (CM) - Wow, there were so many juveniles mixed in with the adults. I knew I better get photos to document these birds and their numbers. They are escaping in this photo from loud machines being moved past them. The birds were constantly relocating as these machines (bulldozers and levelers, etc.) were used to work on the Riverfront Trail. The birds had obviously nested in the area under construction. I think the fledglings fledged just in time. They are flying over Jewelweed. At one point when a large group was all together on the ground, I counted 63 ETS.