Birds by Picture
Bird Taxonomy
House sparrow - The Cornell Lab of Ornithology
House sparrow - Audobon Society
House sparrow - Wikipedia
House sparrows are common here, but I don't notice them very often. This female house sparrow was perching on a rain gutter above my back patio on April 26, 2014. She had a small twig in her mouth, so she was surely in the process of building a nest.
Click to see the photo bigger! |