TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

White-throated Sparrow "Perch" White-throated Sparrow- Zonotrichia albiocollis White-throated Sparrow- Zonotrichia albiocollis, Order PASSERIFORMES - Family EMBERIZIDAE. This male was singing in a redbud tree near Oxford, Ohio on a sunny mid-April day. "A gray-breasted sparrow with a white throat patch and a yellow lore spot between eye and bill. The White-throated Sparrow sings its breeding song of "Oh Sweet Canada Canada Canada" across the most of that country. Although its breeding range barely extends outside of Canada, it is common in fields and hedgerows throughout the eastern United States in winter. It is found in urban areas more frequently than most sparrows." (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/White-throated_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.