TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

White-Crowned Sparrow Head White-Crowned Sparrow-Zonotrichia leucophrys White Crowned Sparrow Breeding Colors. Birds were quite active in the early morning at the Gilmore Pond Conservancy in Hamilton Ohio. (Photo: May 7, 2004, Gilmore Ponds, Canon 10D, EF 400mm f/5.6L USM)

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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.