"Birds of wide open prairies and damp, evergreen forests have taken their final breath on the sidewalk of a modern building on our urban campus." ~ T. O'Connell, 2019
Autumn arrived with a thud for this poor Clay-colored Sparrow today. It was one of the fattest of these little sparrows I’ve ever seen (easily a 3 on my 0–3 scale), which was impressive for a youngster: HY-U.