[Length 7 in. Wingspan 10.5 in.]

This "Sooty" Fox Sparrow was photographed near anchorage, Alaska. Photo taken with a Nikkor 500mm f8.0 mirror lens on Ektachrome 800 film. (Date: May 1988)

[Length 7.25 in. Wingspan 9.5 in.]

This Golden-crowned Sparrow in full breeding plumage was photographed near Anchorage, Alaska. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1989)

[Length 7.25 in. Wingspan 9.5 in.]

Golden-crowned Sparrows breed in Alaska and western Canada, and spend winter along the west coast of the United States. When this one showed up in west central Texas at the Robert Lee Christmas Bird Count, Robert Lee, TX, it was quite unexpected. This bird is the 29th record of Golden-crowned Sparrow for Texas. This Golden-crowned Sparrow was photographed at the Robert Lee Christmas Bird Count, Robert Lee, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=420mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: December 16, 2007)

[Length 7.25 in. Wingspan 9.5 in.]

Golden-crowned Sparrows breed in Alaska and western Canada, and spend winter along the west coast of the United States. When this one showed up in west central Texas at the Robert Lee Christmas Bird Count, Robert Lee, TX, it was quite unexpected. This bird is the 29th record of Golden-crowned Sparrow for Texas. This Golden-crowned Sparrow was photographed at the Robert Lee Christmas Bird Count, Robert Lee, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=420mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: December 16, 2007)

[Length 7.25 in. Wingspan 9.5 in.]

Golden-crowned Sparrows breed in Alaska and western Canada, and spend winter along the west coast of the United States. When this one showed up in west central Texas at the Robert Lee Christmas Bird Count, Robert Lee, TX, it was quite unexpected. This bird is the 29th record of Golden-crowned Sparrow for Texas. This Golden-crowned Sparrow was photographed at the Robert Lee Christmas Bird Count, Robert Lee, TX. 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: December 16, 2007)

[Length 7.25 in. Wingspan 9.5 in.]

This winter plumaged Golden-crowned Sparrow was photographed in a coastal woodland near Morro Bay, California. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: November 1997)

[Length 5 in. Wingspan 7.75 in.]

Grasshopper Sparrows breed throughout much of the US except the desert southwest and along the southern Canada border. They are named for their "song", an insectlike "PIT-PIT-BZZZZZZ". This one was photographed in a central New Jersey grassland area. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: August 1982)

[Length 5 in. Wingspan 7.75 in.]

This "Eastern" Grasshopper Sparrow was photographed near Princeton, New Jersey. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: August 1982)