White-throated Sparrows – Mia McPherson's On The Wing Photography

Low Light White-throated Sparrow In A Snow Drift

By Mia McPherson|January 29th, 2026|Categories: Birds, Oklahoma, Sequoyah County, White-throated Sparrows|Tags: adult, drift, feeder, low light, snow, snow storm, snowstorm, snowy, sparrow, sparrows, suburban, White-throated Sparrow, winter, Winter Storm Fern, yard, Zonotrichia albicollis|

This White-throated Sparrow barely shows themself, tucked behind a soft ridge of snow like they knew exactly how to work the scene.

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Happy Holidays 2025

By Mia McPherson|December 25th, 2025|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Oklahoma, Sebastian County, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, White-throated Sparrows|Tags: adult, Arkansas, autumn, beaver dam, Belt of Venus, fall, feeder, fog, foggy, garden, low light, Lower Scarborough Slough, Oklahoma, pink, reflections, Sebastian County, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, sky, slough, snow, snowy, sparrow, sparrows, suburban, sunrise, trees, water, White-throated Sparrow, winter, yard, Zonotrichia albicollis|

I'm not sure where 2025 went, but I know it seemed to be the holiday season a bit too fast. 2026 will appear in the blink of an eye.

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Spring White-throated Sparrow In Arkansas

By Mia McPherson|April 15th, 2025|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Sebastian County, White-throated Sparrows|Tags: adult, bricks, feeder, flowerbed, garden, sparrow, sparrows, spring, suburban, White-throated Sparrow, yard, Zonotrichia albicollis|

It won’t be long before I see my last White-throated Sparrow. They’ll be migrating to their breeding grounds very soon, and I won’t see them again until fall.

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Immature White-throated Sparrow At Miner’s Cove

By Mia McPherson|March 26th, 2025|Categories: Birds, Oklahoma, Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge, White-throated Sparrows|Tags: bottomland hardwood forest, bottomlands, buds, immature, Miner's Cove, perched, seed pods, seeds, shrub, sparrow, sparrows, spring, tree, White-throated Sparrow, young, Zonotrichia albicollis|

For the first time ever, two days ago, I took a photo at Sequoyah National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma of an immature White-throated Sparrow that I actually liked.

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Three Zonotrichia Sparrows in Arkansas Winters

By Mia McPherson|January 13th, 2025|Categories: Arkansas, Harris's Sparrow, Sebastian County, White-crowned Sparrows, White-throated Sparrows|Tags: adult, feeder, fog, foggy, garden, Harris's Sparrow, low light, nonbreeding plumage, snow, snowy, sparrow, sparrows, suburban, White-crowned Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, winter, yard, Zonotrichia albicollis, Zonotrichia leucophrys, Zonotrichia querula|

Yesterday, I had a trifecta of Zonotrichia sparrows in my viewfinder. These are photos of the three Zonotrichia sparrows that visit Arkansas during the winter.

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Late Autumn White-throated Sparrow

By Mia McPherson|December 14th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Sebastian County, White-throated Sparrows|Tags: autumn, driftwood, fall, feeder, garden, perch, sparrow, sparrows, suburban, White-throated Sparrow, yard, Zonotrichia albicollis|

I'm super excited to share autumn White-throated Sparrow photos because they are sparrows I only found one time in Utah while living in the Western U.S.

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White-throated Sparrow On A Driftwood Perch

By Mia McPherson|November 25th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Sebastian County, White-throated Sparrows|Tags: adult, autumn, driftwood, fall, feeder, garden, perch, sparrow, sparrows, suburban, White-throated Sparrow, yard, Zonotrichia albicollis|

I'm sharing a single White-throated Sparrow photo this morning, taken two days ago in the early morning. I adore the melodic songs of these sparrows.

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White-throated Sparrow Eating A Seed On A Cloudy Morning

By Mia McPherson|November 3rd, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Sebastian County, White-throated Sparrows|Tags: adult, autumn, eating, fall, feeder, flowerbed, garden, seed, sparrow, sparrows, stone, suburban, White-throated Sparrow, yard, Zonotrichia albicollis|

This morning I'm sharing one White-throated Sparrow photo taken late last month on a cloudy day. I was thrilled to see and hear this gorgeous bird.

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Fall Brings White-crowned and White-throated Sparrows to Arkansas

By Mia McPherson|October 16th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Sebastian County, White-crowned Sparrows, White-throated Sparrows|Tags: adult, dark-lored, eye, feeder, garden, pale-lored, perched, sparrow, sparrows, spring, suburban, vine, White-crowned Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, yard, Zonotrichia albicollis, Zonotrichia leucophrys|

Fall will bring White-throated and White-crowned Sparrows back to Arkansas for their non-breeding season. I’m super excited about their impending arrival.

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Spring White-throated Sparrow In Arkansas

By Mia McPherson|April 13th, 2024|Categories: Arkansas, Birds, Sebastian County, White-throated Sparrows|Tags: adult, garden, grass, ground, migrant, migration, sparrow, sparrows, spring, White-throated Sparrow, yard, Zonotrichia albicollis|

I believe I made it to Arkansas just in time to photograph this migrating White-throated Sparrow. These sparrows spend the winter here but will soon head north.

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White-throated Sparrow And A Bittersweet Memory

By Mia McPherson|November 4th, 2022|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah, White-throated Sparrows|Tags: adult, autumn, Billy Fenimore, fall, Greasewood, marsh, memory, perched, Sarcobatus vermiculatus, sparrow, sparrows, uncommon at location, White-throated Sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis|

Today marks the one year anniversary of me finding my first, and so far only, White-throated Sparrow perched in a greasewood in Utah at Farmington Bay WMA.

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World Sparrow Day 2022

By Mia McPherson|March 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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My First White-throated Sparrow Sighting In Utah

By Mia McPherson|November 5th, 2021|Categories: Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Utah, White-throated Sparrows|Tags: adult, autumn, Davis County, fall, Farmington Bay WMA, Greasewood, marsh, perched, Sarcobatus vermiculatus, shrub, sparrow, sparrows, Utah, White-throated Sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis|

Yesterday I found my first White-throated Sparrow in Utah, photographed it, and when I pointed it out to a friend this sparrow became a lifer for them.

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