[Length 7.25 in. Wingspan 9.5 in.]

This Golden-crowned Sparrow was photographed at the SPI Convention Center gardens, South Padre Island, Texas, 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: May 17, 2013)

[Length 7.25 in. Wingspan 9.5 in.]

This winter plumaged Golden-crowned Sparrow was photographed in a coastal woodland near Morro Bay, California, USA. 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 at a grassland area in central New Jersey, USA. 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, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: August 1982)

[Length 5 in. Wingspan 7.75 in.]

This Grasshopper Sparrow was photographed at Cimarron National Grasslands, Kansas, 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 8, 2007)

[Length 5 in. Wingspan 7.75 in.]

This "Western" Grasshopper Sparrow was photographed near Denver, Colorado, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: September 1981)

[Length 5 in. Wingspan 7.75 in.]

This Grasshopper Sparrow was photographed at the Pawnee National Grassland, Briggsdale, Colorado, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC17E II 1.7x Teleconverter on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: June 4, 2016)

[Length 5 in. Wingspan 7.75 in.]

This Grassshopper Sparrow Singing was photographed at south Van Tassell Road, Van Tassell, Wyoming, . Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6 IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: July 07, 2018)