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english sparrow

House Sparrow Passer domesticus

Description:

One of "Shakespeare's birds," the English Sparrow is a member of the weaver finch family

Habitat:

anywhere there are people, the English sparrow is an opportunist

Notes:

Male photo 1 and female 2

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2 Comments

KarenSaxton
KarenSaxton 12 years ago

Same thing, different name - or perhaps, a rose by any other name...

PatrickCarney
PatrickCarney 12 years ago

It looks like a house sparrow, thats what we have here in NJ. Nice find!

KarenSaxton
Spotted by
KarenSaxton

North Bend, Oregon, USA

Spotted on Oct 9, 2011
Submitted on Oct 13, 2011

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