{"id":7805,"date":"2013-05-23T07:31:35","date_gmt":"2013-05-23T14:31:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=7805"},"modified":"2013-05-23T18:23:58","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T01:23:58","slug":"sparrows-were-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kootenay-lake.ca\/?p=7805","title":{"rendered":"Sparrows were right"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Song Sparrows bullied me every time I visited the flowers of the deer brush. All I was doing was taking pictures of bees and flies, but the Song Sparrows were insistent that I leave. I tried to gently explain to them that I was about four metres from their nest, but they wouldn’t listen to my logic.<\/p>\n

Then something deep in the brush caught my eye: two chicks. I quickly clicked and promptly retreated. This second nest was one that I did not know about, but the parents did.<\/p>\n

This Song Sparrow chick was distinctly less agitated than its parents.
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