House Sparrow – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

House Sparrow On The Rocks

By Mia McPherson|2023-11-06T03:51:34-06:00November 6th, 2023|Categories: Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, House Sparrows, Utah|Tags: autumn, fall, House Sparrow, introduced, male, nonnative, old lake bed, Passer domesticus, perched, ranchlands, rocks, sparrow, sparrows|

One of the last birds I photographed on my recent trip to Bear River MBR was this male House Sparrow, perched on a lichen-covered rock south of the Bear River.

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Male House Sparrow – A Bird People Love To Hate

By Mia McPherson|2023-08-02T04:54:05-05:00August 2nd, 2023|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, House Sparrows, Sebastian County|Tags: adult, breeding plumage, driftwood, House Sparrow, male, nonnative, Passer domesticus, perch, sparrow, sparrows, summer, urban, yard|

When I photographed this male House Sparrow in Arkansas, I wasn't thinking about how people love to hate this species. I was simply taking photos of a bird.

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World Sparrow Day 2022

By Mia McPherson|2023-11-06T03:43:33-06:00March 20th, 2022|Categories: American Tree Sparrows, Antelope Island State Park, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Brewer's Sparrows, Chipping Sparrows, Daggett County, Dark-eyed Juncos, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Green-tailed Towhees, Harris's Sparrow, House Sparrows, Lark Buntings, Lark Sparrows, Lincoln's Sparrows, Morgan County, Sagebrush Sparrows, Salt Lake County, Savannah Sparrows, Song Sparrows, Spotted Towhees, Stansbury Mountains, Summit County, Tooele County, Utah, Vesper Sparrows, Wasatch Mountains, White-crowned Sparrows, White-throated Sparrows|Tags: adult, American Tree Sparrow, Artemisiospiza nevadensis, Brewer's Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, Chondestes grammacus, Dark-eyed Junco, Green-tailed Towhee, House Sparrow, Junco hyemalis, Lark Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow, Melospiza lincolnii, Melospiza melodia, Passer domesticus, Passerculus sandwichensis, Pipilo chlorurus, Pipilo maculatus, Poocetes gramineus, Sagebrush Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Song Sparrow, sparrow, sparrows, Spizella breweri, Spizella passerina, Spizelloides arborea, Spotted Towhee, Vesper Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, World Sparrow Day, Zonotrichia albicollis, Zonotrichia leucophrys|

Today is World Sparrow Day and since I love all of the sparrows on the planet I thought I'd share some of the sparrows I have photographed in North America.

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Some of the Birds That People Love to Hate

By Mia McPherson|2024-04-19T04:49:37-05:00March 11th, 2018|Categories: American Crows, Birds, Black-billed Magpies, Brown-headed Cowbirds, Common Ravens, Double-crested Cormorants, European Starlings, Fish Crows, Florida, House Sparrows, Laughing Gulls, Mallards|Tags: Anas platyrhynchos, birds people love to hate, Black-billed Magpie, Branta canadensis, Brown-headed Cowbird, Canada Goose, Common Raven, Corvus corax, Corvus ossifragus, Double-crested Cormorant, European Starling, Fish Crow, House Sparrow, Laughing Gull, Leucophaeus atricilla, Mallard, Molothrus ater, Nannopterum auritus, Passer domesticus, Pica hudsonia, Sturnus vulgaris|

Okay, that is enough for now, there are more birds that people love to hate but I can only deal with so much of it before I feel the need to get out and photograph all the birds I see, even those that other people despise.

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Mixture of Spring Birds at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge

By Mia McPherson|2024-03-23T05:33:57-05:00April 13th, 2017|Categories: American Pipits, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Clark's Grebes, House Sparrows, Marsh Wrens, Red-winged Blackbirds, Savannah Sparrows, Utah, Yellow-headed Blackbirds|Tags: Aechmophorus clarkii, Agelaius phoeniceus, American Pipit, Anthus rubescens, blackbird, blackbirds, Cistothorus palustris, Clark's Grebe, grebes, House Sparrow, male, marsh, Marsh Wren, Passer domesticus, Passerculus sandwichensis, perched, pipits, Red-winged Blackbird, Savannah Sparrow, singing, sparrow, sparrows, wren, wrens, Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus, Yellow-headed Blackbird|

I was so happy to photograph this mixture of spring birds at Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge that I had a hard time picking out which birds and which photos to share.

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