TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Male Chipping Sparrow "Frontal" Male Chipping Sparrow- Spizella passerina Male Chipping Sparrow- Spizella passerina, Order PASSERIFORMES - Family EMBERIZIDAE. This beauty was singing up a storm in front of Boyd Hall at Miami University in the mid-afternoon. In fact, these sparrows seemed to be evrywhere setting up territories. "A common small sparrow of yards, gardens, and forest openings, the Chipping Sparrow is probably best known for its dry, trilling song. One of the smallest sparrows, it commonly nests in ornamental evergreens." (Photo: April 16, 2004, Canon 10D, EF 300mm f/4.0L IS USM, 1.4x teleconverter EF ll lens ) For more species info: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Chipping_Sparrow.html

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact hays@environment-education-press.org

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.