Spizella passerina. Here is another busy parent from our deck. f/6.3, exp comp minus one...

Adult female in post-breeding molt.

Note the pale buffy tips on the wing coverts on the flight shot. Canon 20D/100-400IS set...

One of the trio of birds shows a red-tipped tail which is apparently the result of diet.

This bittern had a bruised right wing and was brought in to wildlife rehabber Terese Evans...

7/9/02

This bittern had a bruised right wing and was brought in to wildlife rehabber Terese Evans...

The newborn photo was taken 5/16/04 in my backyard in Waterloo, Iowa