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Home Birds Archive by category "Sparrows and Finches" (Page 5)

Category: Sparrows and Finches

American Goldfinch In Early Fall Colors

Another installment in my intermittent series on the ‘common’ species. They don’t come much more common than a goldfinch on thistle.

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September 5, 2020 September 5, 2020

Song Sparrow In A River Hawthorn Amongst The Berries

Song Sparrows don’t generate a lot of excitement but I think this is an unusually handsome specimen in a pretty setting.

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September 3, 2020 September 3, 2020

A Male Lazuli Bunting Doing A Kingfisher Impersonation

It’s all about expectations.

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July 31, 2020 July 31, 2020

Brood Parasitism of Song Sparrows by Brown-headed Cowbirds

It isn’t easy to watch as parasitic fledgling cowbirds run their adopted Song Sparrow parents ragged as they relentlessly follow the sparrows around and beg for food.

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July 18, 2020 July 18, 2020

Two Of My Favorites – A Male Lazuli Bunting On Serviceberry

Lazuli Buntings, appropriately named after the blue gemstone lapis lazuli, are widespread throughout western North America but dang I’ve had a hard time getting nice photos of them. Three days ago I succeeded.

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July 12, 2020 July 12, 2020

Male American Goldfinch – A Flash Of Gold Leaving His Perch

A male goldfinch in fine breeding plumage made yesterday’s trip to the mountains worth it.

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July 7, 2020 July 7, 2020

Some Recent Birds

All photos were taken in the mountains, in the desert or at bird refuges in the last ten days.

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June 30, 2020 June 30, 2020

Song Sparrow – Where Did All Those Feathers Come From?

To me this (second photo) almost looks like two birds, one on top of the other. In fact there’s very little ‘almost’ about it – that’s what I see. But it’s a single Song Sparrow.

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June 29, 2020 June 29, 2020

Male Lazuli Buntings Feeling Their Oats

Two days ago I spent 75 minutes near a small, isolated tree in a remote area of northern Utah trying to photograph male Lazuli Buntings at war with each other.

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June 22, 2020 June 22, 2020

Female Lazuli Bunting

Plus new information on my recent posts about the nesting Red-tailed Hawks I’ve been following and the unusual nest building behavior of Cliff Swallows I documented.

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June 12, 2020 June 12, 2020

Male Green-tailed Towhee Posing And Singing

A bird notorious for its secretive nature becomes conspicuous while singing on territory during the breeding season.

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June 4, 2020 June 4, 2020

Green-tailed Towhee In Typical Cluttered Habitat

It seems to me that spark birds deserve just a little extra leeway.

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May 17, 2020 May 17, 2020

Adult White-crowned Sparrow Hawking Insects

A feeding behavior I was unaware of in this species. I should have been.

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May 11, 2020 May 11, 2020

Song Sparrow Downward Takeoff

I rarely succeed with this type of shot but yesterday was an exception.

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April 28, 2020 April 28, 2020

Lark Sparrow Struggling With Cumbersome Nesting Material

Perhaps the epitome of “biting off more than you can chew.”

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April 8, 2020 April 8, 2020
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