Oh yeah, a white-throated sparrow

This week we've been getting a lot of different species of bird at our

feeders. And today, among the two or three other kinds on the ground, I

saw this bird scratching away at the rubble underneath the feeders. I

couldn't see it clearly -- the window was sunstruck and, worse, there

was a fly-screen outside of it. So the picture was shot looking down

from a window with big photographic handicaps.



The bird is right at the middle of the image. Can you see it?



So I punched up the contrast, mainly using the "Curves" feature in PSP,

and saw what is for me the distinguishing feature of the White-crowned

sparrow, its yellow-patched nose. It is an uncommon visitor to our garden.



I have put the rather more contrasty piece of the picture, somewhat

enlarged, in the upper right. Maybe you still can't see the bird! but

it's there, and distinguishable. :)