| Summary: | This chapter highlights one fall day when the author walked Greig Farm in Dutchess County, New York, to search for sparrows. Greig Farm is wide, open, flat land, with views to the Catskill Mountains to the west. The birds never disappointed, and neither did the sunrises and sunsets that frame the horizon. Beyond the expected sparrows like Song and Savannah, Vesper and Grasshopper Sparrows also visit. In fall, Snow Geese have landed by the hundreds, blanketing the fields with their noisy whiteness, while American Pipits step like old men through the furrows, and in winter Horned Larks fret. Sometimes Greig harbors a flock of Snow Buntings. Through early summer, Kestrels work the open fields. Amidst this parade of interesting birds, rarities like the Red Phalarope also appear.
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