I have been checking a bird watchers' page on daily sightings [click]. There are many sparrow sized birds, and if they are active in fidgeting movement, it is not always easy to get a clear glimpse, nor a foto snap. A few of the recent postings concerns a clay colored sparrow at Erie Street Cemetery Cleveland. How big a deal is this amongst local birders, i don't know.
Well, that cemetery is directly opposite the Cleveland Indians ball park. Now, this is the oldest extant cemetery in the city. Early last century the street which it sits on was re-named, 'East Ninth'. Also, this is one of the streets that has been in the process of resurfacing, this year; as are several nearby streets, and the big innerbelt highway bridge.
Wednesday, i got around to visit again. That night Cleveland was to host a playoff game with Tampa Bay. Also, the gate house to the cemetery was being put up again, after disassembly.
The cemetery is a green island in this part of downtown Cleveland, that has various trees and shrubbery, and regular grass cutting. The care of the gravestones and grounds is uneven. Bums overnight under the greenery, and next to walls. They leave debris. What looked like, to me, a raccoon skeleton is weathering away.
Infra, are a few of the fotos i took. I also took pictures of branches, and patches that had a bird or birds in that spot a second or two before; and what i thought was the subject for the camera to focus upon, was not always what the camera decided upon. Please correct any misidentified birds. I am posting this on the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, who famously spoke to birds.
Well, that cemetery is directly opposite the Cleveland Indians ball park. Now, this is the oldest extant cemetery in the city. Early last century the street which it sits on was re-named, 'East Ninth'. Also, this is one of the streets that has been in the process of resurfacing, this year; as are several nearby streets, and the big innerbelt highway bridge.
Infra, are a few of the fotos i took. I also took pictures of branches, and patches that had a bird or birds in that spot a second or two before; and what i thought was the subject for the camera to focus upon, was not always what the camera decided upon. Please correct any misidentified birds. I am posting this on the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, who famously spoke to birds.
gray catbird
acadian flycatcher
white throated sparrow
