His Eye is on the Sparrow

We had a short break in today's rain, and just after I walked out the front door with camera in hand a chipping sparrow was perched pretty as you please in the next door neighbor's locust tree. It let me walk up close for a fairly clean view to snap two photos before flying away.

There are 32 kinds of sparrows listed in my National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of Eastern North America book.  Chipping sparrows are small side in the sparrow world, with a weight of 0.4-0.6 oz/11-16g. I posted a photo of a chipping sparrow at a bird feeder in mid February, but this pic is nicer with the green leafy background.

His Eye is on the Sparrow is the title of a Gospel hymn written in 1905 which is based on Matthew 6:26.