Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina

f5.6 @ 1/400s, ISO:400, Nikon D3S w 500mm

"Chipping Sparrow," Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The chipping sparrow is a species of American sparrow, a passerine bird in the family Passerellidae. It is widespread, fairly tame, and common across most of its North American range. Throughout the year, adults are gray below and an orangish-rust color above. Adults in alternate (breeding) plumage have a reddish cap, a nearly white supercilium, and a black trans-ocular line (running through the eye). Adults in basic (nonbreeding) plumage are less prominently marked, with a brownish cap, a dusky eyebrow, and a dark eye-line.

Ash Canyon, Sierra Vista, Arizona

04/26/2018