new camera, new bird

My new camera arrived in the mail on Friday – a Canon Powershot SD1200, for all the camera nuts out there. I started playing with it immediately, and I love it. It’s compatible with all the accessories from my old Powershot, but it’s way better, and takes sharp images. I took this shot of a fallen sparrow with Joshua when I went to pick up Chelsea for a potluck on Friday night. The mother flitted around the tree above our heads, calling loudly, and as Joshua built a little cradle of leaves around the nestling I told him to leave its beak free, so she could feed it. We stepped back and waited to see if she’d do it in front of us, but too shy, she declined.