[Length 6 in. Wingspan 7.75 in.]

This Cassin's Sparrow was photographed at Shafter Lake, Andrews, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: May 21, 2007)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 8.5 in.]

Chipping Sparrows are common breeding birds throughout the US and Canada. They prefer grassy fields and forest edges and are often found in close proximity to man. This one was photographed at a feeder in Tamarac NWR in western Minnesota, USA. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Kodachrome 200 film.. (Date: May 1992)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 8.5 in.]

This Chipping Sparrow, molting from winter to breeding plumage, was photographed at a feeder in Ingram, Texas, USA. 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, Texas, USA. 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 Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: June 24, 2016)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 8.5 in.]

This Chipping Sparrow was photographed at Dinosaur Provincial Park, Brooks, Alberta, Canada. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: June 28, 2018)

[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, USA. 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 was photographed at Oak Hammock Marsh WMA, Stonewall, Manitoba, Canada. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: June 15, 2018)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 7.5 in.]

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