One common sparrow and one not so common sparrow

MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
edited July 12, 2008 in Wildlife
The lowly house sparrows, but hey, they look pretty good here and in fact at this ranch in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, they did not overwhelm the other birds at all. In fact, they were quite docile compared to the city and suburban variety.
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What was really fun though was seeing and getting a few little less than horrible shots of a shy sparrow that prefers the dense brush in which to hide. It is the olive sparrow which is primarily a Mexican/Latin American species of sparrow that does make it to the far southern tip of Texas where it is locally common, but hard to see.

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I was hoping to get better shots later on in the day, but that was the last that I saw of it.
Stephen
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  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited July 11, 2008
    Good Set
    Good for you thumb.gif
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  • GiphsubGiphsub Registered Users Posts: 2,662 Major grins
    edited July 11, 2008
    I like that 3rd shot Stephen thumb.gif Good set.
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  • WildWallyWildWally Registered Users Posts: 494 Major grins
    edited July 11, 2008
    Very nice series !
    I like the look of the little guy on the first shot best .
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  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited July 11, 2008
    bfjr wrote:
    Good Set
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    Thanks Ben.
    Stephen
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  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited July 11, 2008
    Giphsub wrote:
    I like that 3rd shot Stephen thumb.gif Good set.

    Thanks Mike. That third one turned out nicely. I just wish more of the side were showing.
    Stephen
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  • redleashredleash Registered Users Posts: 3,840 Major grins
    edited July 11, 2008
    Super series! I must get down to the Valley to check out all these birds you keep taunting me with! :D

    Nice pics.

    Lauren
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  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited July 11, 2008
    WildWally wrote:
    Very nice series !
    I like the look of the little guy on the first shot best .

    Thanks Wally. House Sparrows in breeding colors are quite handsome.
    Stephen
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  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited July 11, 2008
    redleash wrote:
    Super series! I must get down to the Valley to check out all these birds you keep taunting me with! :D

    Nice pics.

    Lauren
    Thanks Lauren. I have a bunch more to work through so be prepared. :D
    Stephen
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  • BigAlBigAl Registered Users Posts: 2,294 Major grins
    edited July 12, 2008
    Very nice Stephen! Believe it or not I have no decent sparrow pics in my collection.

    For some reason, my work seems to have blacklisted photobucket, so I can only see your non-Smugmug pics from home headscratch.gif
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited July 12, 2008
    It is so difficult to get everything right when shooting these flightly little ones. The first and third are nice comps while the last one is the best technically...hard to get the whole bird, I know.

    Getting excellent shots requires a great deal of patience that I mostly lack...so I will hope for luck!:D
  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited July 12, 2008
    BigAl wrote:
    Very nice Stephen! Believe it or not I have no decent sparrow pics in my collection.

    For some reason, my work seems to have blacklisted photobucket, so I can only see your non-Smugmug pics from home headscratch.gif

    That is strange. Let's see if you can see these. These are not all of the pics in the post, but you get the idea.

    Olive Sparrow

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    House Sparrow

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    Stephen
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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited July 12, 2008
    Nice sparrow shots Stephen. I agree with Ric; it is tough to get really good shots of these little guys. thumb.gif
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  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited July 12, 2008
    Ric Grupe wrote:
    It is so difficult to get everything right when shooting these flightly little ones. The first and third are nice comps while the last one is the best technically...hard to get the whole bird, I know.

    Getting excellent shots requires a great deal of patience that I mostly lack...so I will hope for luck!:D

    Thanks Ric. I was fortunate on this day (one of the few). rolleyes1.gif
    Stephen
    www.capture-the-pixel.com

  • MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited July 12, 2008
    dlplumer wrote:
    Nice sparrow shots Stephen. I agree with Ric; it is tough to get really good shots of these little guys. thumb.gif
    Thanks Dan. Appreciate you popping in.
    Stephen
    www.capture-the-pixel.com

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