Stage Show

Yesterday morning I was running a few errands preparing for a Saturday night cook-out. One of my stops included the grocery store. As I entered, I heard a bird singing, loud and clear. When I heard it a second time, I knew immediately it was a song sparrow singing. And there perched on the track lighting above two big bins of melons and grapes sat a song sparrow singing its heart out. It was one of the strangest things I've seen and heard in a long time.

The produce guy said he flew in store a couple of days ago and decided to stay.

I've seen wild birds in stores before but they've always been house sparrows flying around inside Home Depot. Song sparrows singing in supermarkets is a first. Birds sing to attract mates or mark breeding and feeding territories. I'm guessing there weren't any female birds in the store.

I wonder why he wasn't over in the bird food aisle?
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