I found a White-throated Sparrow this morning at the Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden. I'd gone to look for hummingbirds at the blooming plantings along the Arrellaga Street fence. Disappointingly, there were none. However, the Sparrow hopped up out of a bush onto the fence where I got a good look at it before it flew across the street to theUnity Church garden.
Last year, there was a White-throated Sparrow that hung around in this location with the White-crowns most of the winter.. I looked for it again this year but had no luck seeing it until today. Interestingly, there was not a single White-crown around.
Speaking of Hummingbirds, I finally turned up a Black-chinned Hummingbird after coming up with blanks most of the places I've been looking this spring. Today, a male came once to the blooming Giant Echium plants near the Bates Road bridge. It did not come back again during the time I was there.
Florence Sanchez
