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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House Sparrow - Passer Domesticus

A Leucistic bird !

Tree Sparrow (M) - Passer Montanus

Yorkshire

Extremely rare in many parts now!

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sparrow hawk

Grasshopper Sparrow - EastPark Industrial Park, Boyd, Kentucky

Bird Species (# 526) that I photographed and placed on my Flickr Photostream. Overall goal is 1000.

eBird Report and listing details - macaulaylibrary.org/asset/454574141

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

seen @Lower Saxony, Germany"

Nikon D7100

50-500mm f/4.5-6.3

/edited to taste

House Sparrow

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House sparrow, but technically a weaver finch

Zoom to appreciate.

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Passer domesticus

American Tree Sparrow (Spizelloides arborea) is hardy northern sparrow with plump body, small bill and long, thin tail. Note rusty cap and rusty (not black) eyeline, gray head and unstreaked grayish breast with dark smudge in center.

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.

Such a cool looking little sparrow!!

** 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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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.

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.

Here's a favourite of mine, very different from my usual offerings but I think it has merit.

This is not a composite, it's a single shot out of my bedroom window.

Taken at Fradley, Staffordshire

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A white-crowned sparrow is perched at the Pickleweed Inlet ✔️

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

A rather secretive sparrow of desert grasslands in SE Arizona and coastal prairies of Mexico,

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.

This little Sparrow was enjoying the morning sun :)

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

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A tough little Sparrow. I first photograhed this Song Sparrow three weeks ago. Since then, it has survived record-breaking cold temperatures here while I was safe and warm in my house.

Song Sparrows should be way south by now, but this individual stayed. It seems healthy and active. Kudos to the folks who keep the feeders in this park full all winter.

I will keep monitoring the condition of this little Sparrow over the winter.

Hermitage Park. Edmonton, Alberta.

IMHO,one of the toughest sparrows to get off the ground.Several trips,and at least 20 hours,to get a handful of shots!

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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

Hair : DOUX - Circe Hairstyle. At K9.

Head : Lelutka lel EvoX GAIA. New at Equal10.

Dress : [Aleutia] Sparrow Outfit. Soon at The Epiphany.

Heels : [BREATHE]-Mitsusu Heels. At Fetish Fair.

Skull held : KOPFKINO - Moth Skull - white. Soon at The Epiphany.

Tights : UniCult - Thigh Nets. Soon at The Epiphany.

Skin : [Glam Affair] Miho Layer [Lelutka EvoX] Sand. At Equal10.

Eyes : {S0NG} Vampyra Eyes FP. Soon at The Epiphany.

Lipgloss : Ladybird. // Jamie Lippie. Soon at The Epiphany.

Decor :

*HEXtraordinary* Catacomb Fountain. Soon at The Epiphany.

-Garden- by anc "Allium"

Simply Shelby - Halloween Arch and ground. At Hallow Manor.

KOPFKINO - Moth Skull (white). Soon at The Epiphany.

KOPFKINO - The Witch's Rabbit (Albino pure). Soon at The Epiphany.

Simply Shelby : Pretty Pumpkins - Cream, gray, green. At Hallow Manor.

Raindale - Cynfael altar. Trick or Treat Lane exclusive

Taken in Lichfield, Staffordshire

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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.

I went to Powell Butte seeking the famous mountain bluebirds that have been spotted there. No luck on that front, but did get to see a Savannah sparrow and a Lincoln's sparrow. I've seen several people post images of this bird today, so I decided to join the crowd, even though this is an older (a few weeks old) image.

Sparrows are a family of small passerine birds, Passeridae.

Tree Sparrow - Passer Montanus

Location: Jumis Studios

Sitting Paragon: Sparrow

Background photo: WonDerLand 2.0

Capture: Firestorm Viewer

Editing: Gimp

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Incognito (Pantoum)

~Elizabeth Squires~

so say voices who do well know

they're multiplying by the score

an exact total out of show

it's possible there's millions more*

they're multiplying by the score

every day numbers keep rising

it's possible there's millions more

these huge counts ever surprising

every day numbers keep rising

alias names being concealed

these huge counts ever surprising

genuine stats rarely revealed

alias names being concealed

under our radar they all slip

genuine stats rarely revealed

each one an unstated ship

under our radar they all slip

incognito account holders

each one an unstated ship

we're never privy to their folders

incognito account holders

an exact total out of show

we're never privy to their folders

*so say voices who do well know

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not sure what type but probably a common house sparrow

Not as colourful as some I've put up recently but still as lovely :)

At WWT Slimbridge