bird photography: sparrows

To the casual observer, most sparrows probably look pretty much alike: small and predominantly brown. Yet the sparrows exhibit beauty and diversity undeserving of the sobriquet "little brown jobs."

gallery sparrows

Field Sparrow
Field Sparrow
(Spizella pusilla) 		Eastern Song Sparrow
Eastern Song Sparrow
(Melospiza melodia) 		White-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
(Zonotrichia leucophrys)
 
Savannah Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
(Passerculus sandwichensis) 		California Towhee
California Towhee
(Pipilo crissalis) 		Lark Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
(Chondestes grammacus)
 
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
(Zonotrichia atricapilla) 		White-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
(Zonotrichia leucophrys) 		Swamp Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
(Melospiza georgiana)
 
Chipping Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
(Spizella passerina) 		Eastern Song Sparrow
Eastern Song Sparrow
(Melospiza melodia)