It’s so easy to overlook the ever-present, drab-colored sparrows when searching for birds to photograph. This past weekend, though, I stopped and watched one as it pecked away in the mud at Huntley Meadows Park, my favorite local marshland park. By slowing down and looking more closely, I was able to marvel in the beauty and industrious persistence of this little bird, which I believe is a Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana).
Slowing down and looking more closely—that’s probably a lesson I could probabl apply to more areas of my life than just photography.
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Mike Powell 
I love the sparrows. They’re the only birds who haven’t allowed the pigeons to drive them away from my feeders. I try to keep them happy.
Those tiny feathered details are amazing!