[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 8.5 in.]

This Chipping Sparrow, molting from winter to breeding plumage, was photographed at a feeder in Ingram, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: March 1999)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 8.5 in.]

This Chipping Sparrow was photographed at Ingram, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: March 1999)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 7.5 in.]

Clay-colored Sparrows breed in the Great Lakes region and northcentral US, and central Canada. This one, in bright breeding plumage, was photographed in early June at the Nature Conservancy's Bluestem Prairie unit in western Minnesota. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1992)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 7.5 in.]

This Clay-colored Sparrow, in dull winter plumage, was photographed at the Cape May Meadows in New Jersey during fall migration. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Kodachrome 200 film.. (Date: October 1988)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 7.5 in.]

This Clay-colored Sparrow was photographed at Kerrville, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: October 2000)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 8.75 in.]

This Eurasian Tree Sparrow was photographed at a nature center near Nemuro on the island of Hokkaido, Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: January 1996)

[Length 6 in. Wingspan 8.75 in.]

This Eurasian Tree Sparrow was photographed near St. Louis, Missouri. Photo taken with a Nikkor 180mm EDAF f2.8 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: June 1992)

[Length 5.75 in. Wingspan 8 in.]

This Field Sparrow was photographed at Goose Island State Park, Texas. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC17E II 1.7x Teleconverter (EFL=750mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: February 16, 2011)