Eric Gofreed
Well-Known Member
My contribution for the next few Winged Wednesdays will be sparrows. Birders affectionately refer to sparrows as LBRBs (little brown round birds). With the availability of fine optics binoculars and cameras with telephoto lenses, the real beauty of these LBRBs can be fully appreciated.
Botteri's Sparrow is a rather secretive sparrow of desert grasslands in SE Arizona and coastal prairies of Mexico
Brewer's sparrows are sometimes called "the bird without field marks." They adapted their subtle earth-toned colors to their sagebrush habitat.
Chipping sparrows have that lovely rusty cap and a black eye stripe. Quite abundant in the grasslands near my home.
Grasshopper sparrows are another subtle delicately colored sparrow. Their habitat is grasslands and their primary prey as you probably guessed is grasshoppers.
Fox sparrows were named because their red and gray colors match the colors of the red fox. However, there are regional differences in coloration with the above coloration common in California.
Botteri's Sparrow is a rather secretive sparrow of desert grasslands in SE Arizona and coastal prairies of Mexico
Brewer's sparrows are sometimes called "the bird without field marks." They adapted their subtle earth-toned colors to their sagebrush habitat.
Chipping sparrows have that lovely rusty cap and a black eye stripe. Quite abundant in the grasslands near my home.
Grasshopper sparrows are another subtle delicately colored sparrow. Their habitat is grasslands and their primary prey as you probably guessed is grasshoppers.
Fox sparrows were named because their red and gray colors match the colors of the red fox. However, there are regional differences in coloration with the above coloration common in California.
