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| Juncos trying to stay warm. |
With this post you will be able to ID 10 more winter birds.
These are all sparrows, which are Passeriformes,
or perching birds.
Remember that, with birds, the female tends to be a less colorful,
less showy bird, which helps when incubating eggs in the nest.
Be sure to click the website above each photo.
There you can find general characteristics, behavior, as well as a life history and possibly a video. You can also listen to typical songs and calls of each bird.
These are all sparrows, which are Passeriformes,
or perching birds.
Remember that, with birds, the female tends to be a less colorful,
less showy bird, which helps when incubating eggs in the nest.
Be sure to click the website above each photo.
There you can find general characteristics, behavior, as well as a life history and possibly a video. You can also listen to typical songs and calls of each bird.
These 10 winter birds are all Sparrows.
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Fox Sparrow about 7 inches; smaller than a Towhee
- reddish overall with gray on face - heavily streaked breast - large clump of spotting at center |
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| Song Sparrow 4.7 - 6.7 inches - breast has course brown streaks, spot in middle - dark malar (moustache) - |
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| Savannah Sparrow 4.3 - 5.9 inches - yellow patch in front of eye, small pink bill - dark streaks on chest |
Notice how the three birds above all have chest streaks
and the rest of the birds don't.
and the rest of the birds don't.
Remember to click the website above each photo
to get some great information.
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| Swamp Sparrow 4.7 - 5.5 inches - unstriped gray chest - reddish wings, whitish throat and belly - gray face and sides of neck |
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| American Tree Sparrow 5.5 inches - mostly pale gray - bright rusty crown and eye stripe - bicolored black and yellow bill - |
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Field Sparrow 4.7 - 5.9 inches
- distinct white eye-ring - rufous crown and line behind eye - brown back with black streaks - 2 weak wingbars |
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| White-throated Sparrow 6.3 - 7.1 inches - white throat and head stripes - yellow lores (in front of eye) - gray face and bill; unstreaked breast - streaked brown back, wings and tail |
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| White-crowned Sparrow 5.9 - 6.3 inches - bold black and white head stripes - brown and gray streaked back - gray throat, breast and belly - yellowish bill |
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| Eastern Towhee 6.8 - 8.2 inches - black hood and white belly; rufous sides - long black tail with white under outer sides |
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| Dark-eyed Junco 5.5 - 6.3 inches - dark gray with white belly - pink bill |
Now, take a quiz over the 10 Winter Sparrows.
Write the names down on a sheet of paper as a reference.
Simply click one of the photos and all the photos will appear
at the bottom of the page. Click any photo in any order and
try to ID that bird.
Go over these birds very often until you know all of them.
They have very distinctive songs, too, which you can hear
on the websites above each photo.
After you learn these you can attempt to learn
the next set of birds on my next post.
Click here to go to Winter Birds Part 3
on the websites above each photo.
After you learn these you can attempt to learn
the next set of birds on my next post.
Click here to go to Winter Birds Part 3
