Passer domesticus

tags: House Sparrow, Passer domesticus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] House Sparrow, Passer domesticus, photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Richard Ditch, 3 June 2005 [larger view]. Date Time Original: 2005:03:06 17:34:01 Exposure Time: 1/30 F-Number: 8.00 ISO: 500 Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification. Review all mystery birds to date.
tags: Blue House Sparrow, Passer domesticus, birds, blue feather color, plumage color, refraction Blue-colored Male House Sparrow, Passer domesticus, photographed in Sydney, Australia, April 2009. Image: Richard Shears, Daily Mail [larger view]. Some of you might remember the remarkable photographs of the blue-colored male house sparrow, Passer domesticus, that was photographed in a garden in Sydney, Australia a couple weeks ago. I posted the images I had, along with my speculations, but was unable to go further than that. However, I tracked down the photographer and he has very kindly…
tags: Blue House Sparrow, Passer domesticus, birds, blue feather color, plumage color, refraction Blue House Sparrow, Passer domesticus, photographed in Sydney, Australia. I contemplated giving this bird to you as the daily Mystery Bird, but decided that you'd all probably riot, so instead, I am going to identify this bird so we can discuss it. It's a House Sparrow, Passer domesticus. (I have received dozens of emails telling me I'm a dumbshit: this is clearly a Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Passer montanus, thus, my wavering ID). House Sparrows were introduced in various places around the world…
tags: House Sparrow, English Sparrow, Passer domesticus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz [Mystery bird] House (English) Sparrow, Passer domesticus, photographed in Arizona. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow] Image: Richard Ditch, 2006 [larger view]. Date Time Original: 2006:12:27 10:51:37 Exposure Time: 1/159 F-Number: 9.00 ISO: 400 Rick Wright, Managing Director of WINGS Birding Tours Worldwide, writes: This is an oddly shaped bird. We might at first have thought it was an emberizid sparrow, all streaky and brown, but if we start at the rear, we find a strikingly inadequate…
tags: house sparrow, Passer domesticus, birds, Image of the Day House sparrow, Passer domesticus, which I usually refer to as an English Sparrow, in honor of where it originally came from. This is a young male that lives in Central Park, NYC. Image: Bob Levy, author of Club George. [larger view]. More below the fold; The photographer writes: I enjoyed the series of sparrow photos very much but I did not recall seeing the House Sparrow, [which is] often taken for granted. These birds intrigue me for a number of reasons not the least of which is the history of how they came to be here.…