Sparrows

[ondrasmom]

Does anyone have pictures showing the differences between Tree Sparrows and House Sparrows?

[Guest]

Doris,
I'm not sure where it's at, but somewhere on the home page, there are pictures of m/f house sparrows. You might also Google them to see what comes up.

Chuck

[Mary Dawnsong]

Here is an excellent article on species of sparrow in Illinois, including photos of the native American Tree Sparrow, the non-native House Sparrow, and the non-native Eurasian Tree Sparrow.
Click below to read "A Sparrow is just a Sparrow, Right?":
http://www.illinoisraptorcenter.org/Fie ... arrow.html

Here are some excellent websites designed to help you identify birds:

Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter
Scroll down the list to "Towhees and Sparrows" (towards the end of the page), then click on individual species to get the full description. Click on photos on the species pages and they will enlarge:
http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/infocenter.html

Cornell Lab of Ornithology on-line field guide
http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/

eNature
This is a great site, but more complicated to use. Here's the homepage for birds:
http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/inte ... rGroupID=1
I chose the "Perching Birds" category and selected filter values: "Great Lakes" for the region, then "New World Sparrows" for the family

WhatBird
Another very well done online bird field guide with beautiful species descriptions. The Search is pretty easy to use:
http://www.whatbird.com/

[ondrasmom]

Thank you so very much. This is good info for me and anyone that hasn't had a martin colony yet. Thanks again.