Photography of Birds – Set # 191
Set # 191
White-throated Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
The White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) is a passerine bird of the New World sparrow family Passerellidae. In winter, this species migrates to the southern and eastern United States. They are differential migrants with females migrating farther, increasing the proportion of females at lower latitudes in the Atlantic flyway. Females are smaller so they would not perform as optimally at colder, higher latitudes, and females avoid competition with the dominant males of the winter hierarchies by migrating farther. There is also no benefit for females to be among the first to return after winter, so migrating farther allows the males to return and establish territory a few weeks before their arrival.
House Sparrow
House Sparrow
H.J. Ruiz - Avian101 
The white throated Sparrow is brilliant. I love their song. I have gained respect for the House Sparrows after watching them work together to feed their young.
Thank you very much, Jane. 🙂
You have so many different varieties of sparrow HJ which we only have the common introduced house sparrow which is a pest. We have many lovely finches which do well in our hot dry deserts which are very similar in structure.
You’re right, Ashley, we call them the New World Sparrows which are many. The House Sparrow was introduced from Europe. Thank you, my friend. 🙂
I like that cheery sparrow.
Thank you, Tom. 🙂
Fantastic head-on photo of the white-throated sparrow, HJ, and interesting info about the migrating females, too. All the range maps say this sparrow winters in Calif. but I have never, not once, seen this sparrow on the west coast. I think they’re such stunning birds, but have only ever seen them in the eastern or midwestern U.S. Thanks for this lovely look today, my friend.
Don’t worry, one of these days you’ll see one! Thanks for sharing, my friend. 🙂