http://www.lopakalounge.com/archives/880 Ramblings from the high desert... Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:08:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.lopakalounge.com/archives/880/comment-page-1#comment-1623 Cobban Sun, 24 May 2009 17:47:42 +0000 http://www.lopakalounge.com/?p=880#comment-1623 Thanks for the info Kevin. They are pretty and their song is sweet as well. Can't wait to see the little babies. Thanks for the info Kevin. They are pretty and their song is sweet as well. Can’t wait to see the little babies.

]]> http://www.lopakalounge.com/archives/880/comment-page-1#comment-1622 Kevin M Sun, 24 May 2009 00:56:40 +0000 http://www.lopakalounge.com/?p=880#comment-1622 It looks like what you have is a pair of Black-throated Sparrows, a fairly common resident of the southwest (I saw my first one a few days before I met you guys on my trip out west last year). They're really pretty birds. Incubation of the eggs will probably take a total of a couple of weeks, so depending on when she laid the eggs, you may be seeing nestlings soon. By mid-summer or so, they should be out and about feeding on their own. Very cool to have them right in your courtyard! It looks like what you have is a pair of Black-throated Sparrows, a fairly common resident of the southwest (I saw my first one a few days before I met you guys on my trip out west last year). They’re really pretty birds. Incubation of the eggs will probably take a total of a couple of weeks, so depending on when she laid the eggs, you may be seeing nestlings soon. By mid-summer or so, they should be out and about feeding on their own. Very cool to have them right in your courtyard!

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