Who said sparrows were boring? (Heise Foto Picture of the day 2024-02-17)
Of course nobody ever said so... because Sparrows are wonderful, interesting and fun-to-watch birds. The two different sparrow families - "our" old world sparrows (Passeridae) and the American new world sparrows (Passerellidae) look somewhat alike, so it is understandable why the new world sparrows were called sparrows by the first "home-sick colonists" (very fittingly described by Rosemary Mosco at the audubon.org website, link below). However, new world sparrows are more closely related to old world's buntings or Emberizidae. The bird in the picture is a Song Sparrow, found in New York State, and member of a species that can be found in all Union States of the USA and throughout Canada.
www.audubon.org/news/meet-little-brown-bird-holds-mirror-....
Who said sparrows were boring? (Heise Foto Picture of the day 2024-02-17)
Of course nobody ever said so... because Sparrows are wonderful, interesting and fun-to-watch birds. The two different sparrow families - "our" old world sparrows (Passeridae) and the American new world sparrows (Passerellidae) look somewhat alike, so it is understandable why the new world sparrows were called sparrows by the first "home-sick colonists" (very fittingly described by Rosemary Mosco at the audubon.org website, link below). However, new world sparrows are more closely related to old world's buntings or Emberizidae. The bird in the picture is a Song Sparrow, found in New York State, and member of a species that can be found in all Union States of the USA and throughout Canada.
www.audubon.org/news/meet-little-brown-bird-holds-mirror-....