Time for a more recent post! I've seen American Tree Sparrows before, but a pair showed up in my yard for the first time over the weekend. They spent most of their time picking around by the bottom of the feeders, but I managed to catch just a few frames of this one resting in the Tatarian Maple out front.
[ID: An American Tree Sparrow sits on the branch of a young Tatarian Maple. The Sparrow is mostly grey with hints brown wings showing at either shoulder. It has a dark grey eye line extending from the charscteristic two-tone bill, grey upper and yellow lower. It also has a reddish-brown cap that extends from the top of the bill to the back of the head. The branches of the Maple are bare, save for a few seed still clinging to the twigs. End ID]