Fox Sparrow

A Fox Sparrow hopped into the bird bath this week.  He didn't mind that I stood 6' away while he was bathing, and wrestling about in the water.  [Sooty]

The Merlin or Hawk has not re-appeared in the past few days.  There are at least two squirrel nests that I should watch, too, just in case squirrels are not living in them!

The Junco's have taken to feeding in a thicker brush cover, than earlier this week.

I did happen to notice a lone gull flying north and east over the canal, which I thought odd. I have never noticed a gull in the City of Yelm and to see a gull flying over small tree tops and a  field North of Yelm, just felt out of place.

There are several water bodies within 10 miles or more of Yelm:

YELM OUTSKIRT AREA LAKES

N=LEWIS LAKE
NNE=MUCK LAKE CHAMBERS LAKE DOLLMAN LAKE SHAVER LAKE 

S=GOODWIN LAKE LAWRENCE LAKE
SE=HARTS LAKE  LITTLE LAKE TULE LAKE
SW=GERHKE LAKE INMAN LAKE McINTOSH LAKE

E=(IN ROY=LAKE S. or C.)STIDHAM LAKE TANWAX LAKE CLEAR LAKE KAPOWSIN LAKE TWIN LAKE BYRON LAKE 


W=FAGAN LAKE FT LEWIS FIANDER LAKE

More info on Fox Sparrow:

Kingdom Animalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux   
     Phylum Chordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés   
        Subphylum Vertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés   
           Class Aves  -- Birds, oiseaux   
              Order Passeriformes  -- passereaux, Perching Birds   
                 Family Emberizidae  -- American Sparrows, Buntings, Emberizid Finches, New World Sparrows, Towhees   
                    Genus Passerella Swainson, 1837 -- Fox Sparrows   
                       Species Passerella iliaca (Merrem, 1786) -- bruant fauve, Fox Sparrow, Gorrión rascador



http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i5850id.html

http://thebirdguide.com/fox/fox.htm