I was awakened by rain, and went outside to see the effect it was having in the pre-dawn light. The Sandias where misty through the drizzle and light cloud cover, which had turned the rain to snow, leaving the cracks and craggy spaces in the face of the mountains white. I climbed down off the roof after photographing the Sandias to find a sparrow playing at my feet. The rain fell ever so lightly as it fluttered through the vinca, before hopping onto a chimenea, where it strutted around the edge turning from one side to the other, but keeping its face toward me, as it made a quarter arc around the cast iron lip. Then it flew into the bamboo, not 10 feet from me, where it struck various poses while I photographed it. I was using my 70-200 mm ƒ/2.0 lens since it was dawn and overcast. The exposure was 1/80 sec at ƒ/2.0, ISO 100. The lens was zoomed to 200 mm.
Off Center & Not Even 
-Pretty good exif for 100 ASA
-Sparrow may be juvenile
-Extreme fine detail bw on the mountains 🙂
This time of year the sparrow will be at least 8 or 9 months old, so it will be an adult, but possibly a young adult;-) That lens is really my favorite and quite sharp. It nor the camera have image stabilization so I have to be quite steady at below 1/100 sec.
-You cant blame puck and rosenc to meow give away your position to the sparrow 🙂
I think they enjoy giving away my position. They figure if they can’t have the sparrows I can’t either.
Oh, those are some beautiful photos of the sparrow. I really like them.
You have lots of material for several books on various subjects. They would be just fabulous!
All of these are just great. Not sure how I missed them before. . .