The Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina) is a slender, fairly long-tailed sparrow with a medium-sized bill that is a bit small for a sparrow. Learning the shape of this classic Spizella sparrow is a key step in mastering sparrow identification.

Please correct me, if I'm wrong. Seen at Attwater Prairie

sparrow with nesting material

house sparrow, sparrow

Haussperling

[Passer domesticus]

Tree Sparrow - Passer Montanus

Extremely rare in many parts now!

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sparrow hawk and fly out of focus

Tree Sparrow (M) - Passer Montanus

Yorkshire

Extremely rare in many parts now!

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sparrow hawk

"Sparrow with a great landscape -overview".... ;-)))

seen @Lower Saxony, Germany"

Nikon D7100

50-500mm f/4.5-6.3

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Such a cool looking little sparrow!!

One of my favorite sparrow species.

Zealandia Ecosanctuary, Wellington, New Zealand. As few as 100 House Sparrows (Passer domesticus) were released by the early settlers into New Zealand between 1866 and 1871 intended to reduce crop-eating insect pests. However they are more interested in the crops.

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Sparrow with food in the bow for his loved ones

One of my favorite Sparrows.

Sturgeon County, Alberta.

** Some very wonderful shots posted lately by my contacts of very colourful exotic birds. I cannot compete with those sadly, but here is a charming little House Sparrow sitting on the Camellia in the garden

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eating flower buds

Art - applied to photography - pencil texture

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Taken in 2008 on the Scilly Isles

(Passer domesticus) We are moving house in January and we will be sad to be leaving behind our lovely garden and particularly our waterfall which has provided endless photo opportunities with many garden birds :(

Wikipedia: The song sparrow (Melospiza melodia) is a medium-sized New World sparrow. Among the native sparrows in North America, it is easily one of the most abundant, variable and adaptable species.

Though a habitat generalist, the song sparrow favors brushland and marshes, including salt marshes across most of Canada and the United States. They also thrive in human dominated areas such as in suburbs, agricultural fields, and along roadsides. Permanent residents of the southern half of their range, northern populations of the song sparrow migrate to the southern United States or Mexico during winter and intermingle with the native, non-migratory population. The song sparrow is a very rare vagrant to western Europe, with a few recorded in Great Britain and Norway.

Conservation status: Least Concern

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_sparrow

Belding's savannah sparrow, taken in Bolsa Chica Reserve

There is something about birds singing on barbed wire that always appeals to me, especially now.

Taken at Fradley, Staffordshire

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Wikipedia: The white-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) is a species of passerine bird native to North America. A medium-sized member of the New World sparrow family, this species is marked by a grey face and black and white streaking on the upper head. It breeds in brushy areas in the taiga and tundra of the northernmost parts of the continent and in the Rocky Mountains and Pacific coast. While southerly populations in the Rocky Mountains and coast are largely resident, the breeding populations of the northerly part of its range are migratory and can be found as wintering or passage visitors through most of North America south to central Mexico.

Conservation status: Least Concern

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-crowned_sparrow

I found this cute little sparrow chick with a funny hairdo in one of the Moscow parks ... he fell out of the nest.

What to do? How can I help this baby?

The fact is that in many birds (primarily small passerines), the chicks leave the nest as half-fledged fledglings. During this period of life, they still do not know how to fly, but they are already actively mastering the surrounding space. The parents did not abandon this chick, but simply flew away for food. Of course, as long as you stand next to the chick, they will not make themselves felt. Savvy birds can check after you leave that it was you considered there, they will find and kill the chick. Hence the conclusion: do not "save" everything that catches your eye. If the chick is dry, warm, active, well-feathered, then it does not need help.

And if the situation raises concerns? What to do first:

1. Quickly and carefully inspect the place where you found the chick, remember what it looks like. In some cases, this will help determine the type of bird.

2. Pick up the chick (with gloves) and bring it home as soon as possible.

3. On the way, inspect the chick for damage. If the bird has clearly visible fractures of the legs, wings, contusion (how to define it a little below), then you cannot do without a veterinarian. It is highly advisable to seek help from a veterinarian who specializes in the treatment of birds (unfortunately, such specialists are extremely rare). If there are no obvious signs of a fracture, and the general condition of the chick is satisfactory, just provide good conditions - nature will do its job and he will recover.

4. Provide the chick with food as soon as possible, it is even more important than equipping him with a house.

What did I do in this case? The kid is absolutely healthy and active, but I saw how a passerby man almost stepped on this chick and I brought a man from the administration of this park to this place, he promised to do everything necessary. I do not know anything about the fate of the bird, I have never visited this park again.

Saltmarsh sparrow. The first edition of "Sibley's Guide to Birds" (2000) calls this species the Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow. Previous to 1995 it was named the Sharp-tailed Sparrow. It was split into two species, the Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed sparrows and Nelson's Sharp-tailed sparrows. Eventually "sharp-tailed" was dropped and the names became Saltmarsh sparrow and Nelson's sparrow. I only bring this up to illustrate how easy it is to add a bird to your life list when sitting on the toilet reading a magazine.

Finally after years of looking I found a Black-throated Sparrow!

Juvenile house sparrow against pink azaleas

Male and Female house Sparrows.

Spring encounter with a male white-throated sparrow in Anoka County, central MN. This species does not usually nest in central MN.. migrates to northern MN & Canada for that activity.

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A welcome sight after a long snowstorm, clear skies, the birds were all singing.

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This little Sparrow was enjoying the morning sun :)

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there were a lot of young birds in our garden this morning, several kind of tits, robins and even sparrows as you can see - they became quickly used to my cam so I had a wonderful morning session...

Due to my fascination with bokeh, I usually shoot wide open. The problem with that is that very little of the image is in focus and due to the quick moving nature of my subjects, most of the time the wrong part ends up being in focus. Sometimes, however, lady luck or whoever is in charge of these things bestows a smile on you. That was the case here, because beak, forehead and eye are exactly what I was aiming for. Would have been nice if the feet had been as sharp as well, but I suppose you could make the argument that they portray a bit of a sense of motion. (That’s an excuse, really). Oh, and what is my female sparrow buddy levitating over? That would be the metal flower, courtesy of my daughter.

Simple man – Lynyrd Skynyrd

..at a quiet moment...

Fall colors behind a House Sparrow.

The house sparrow is an opportunistic bird of towns and cities, parks, gardens and farmland. House sparrows feed on a variety of foods, including buds, grains, nuts and scraps, and will visit birdtables and feeders. They live in colonies and nest in holes or crevices in buildings, among Ivy or other bushes, and in nestboxes; they use a variety of materials to make their nests. Both parents will incubate the three to five eggs and raise the young. House sparrows are residents in the UK, but may disperse from their breeding grounds to feed on nearby farmland and grassland in winter.

Very big crop (scale 100%)

I was on the other side of a fence

you can zoom in for more details

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Sparrows are a family of small passerine birds, Passeridae.

Spotted this young sparrow (song?) at Fernhill, posing nicely, although it could've at least shed the debris for the shot!

Tree Sparrow - Passer Montanus

Sparrow (Passer domesticus). Social distancing means taking pictures in the garden!