In my last post (from the wee hours of this morning) I mentioned the leucistic Song sparrow I had seen on three occasions in Washington Park. I returned to the park just after 10am this (October 6) morning in my second attempt to obtain a quality photo of the bird. After about half an hour the bird made about a one-minute appearance before it was chased from my view by a second Song sparrow. I obtained four photos, only one of which was of any quality. I waited about another hour and a half before giving up on the birds’ return. So I now have about four hours into this one photo!

It wasn’t all lost time. A Pacific wren (separated as a distinct species from the Winter wren in 2010) made two appearances and I managed a couple of photos of it. These birds aren’t particularly easy to find, much less photograph, so I was grateful for the opportunity.