Chipping Sparrow in a Blossoming Quanson Cherry Tree

Description:

Prolific flowers do not produce fruit. I've read that there are some of these in the Washington, DC Cherry Blossom Festival, but not on the main areas of the festival. There is a small Sparrow in the tree as well.

Habitat:

The Chipping Sparrow is a slender, fairly long-tailed sparrow with a medium-sized bill that is a bit small for a sparrow. Learning the shape of this classic Spizella sparrow is a key step in mastering sparrow identification. Color Pattern Summer Chipping Sparrows look clean and crisp, with frosty underparts, pale face, black line through the eye, topped off with a bright rusty crown. In winter, Chipping Sparrows are subdued, buff brown, with darkly streaked upperparts. The black line through the eye is still visible, and the cap is a warm but more subdued reddish brown. Behavior Chipping Sparrows feed on the ground, take cover in shrubs, and sing from the tops of small trees (often evergreens). You’ll often see loose groups of them flitting up from open ground. When singing, they cling to high outer limbs. On the ground they hop or run through grasses searching for seeds. Habitat Look for Chipping Sparrows in open woodlands and forests with grassy clearings across North America. You’ll also see them in parks, along roadsides, and in your backyard, particularly if you have feeders and trees.

Notes:

I search Google for this tree, and a link to one of my previous spottings of this type of tree in another part of the neighborhood comes up. Neat huh.