Harris’s Sparrows are streaky brown and black overall with a black bib, face, and crown. As they get older, the black areas around the face change from patchy black in juveniles to fully black in adults. Breeding adults have a gray cheek and nape while these areas are brown in nonbreeding birds. Do sparrows have … Read more
The adult northern grey-headed sparrow has a pale grey head with a white moustache stripe, pale brown upperparts, whitish underparts and chestnut wings with a small white shoulder patch. The sexes are similar, but young birds are slightly duller and lack the white wing patch. What is a small GREY bird? small gray birds are … Read more
Basic Description. The Black Phoebe is a dapper flycatcher of the western U.S. with a sooty black body and crisp white belly . They sit in the open on low perches to scan for insects, often keeping up a running series of shrill chirps. What does it mean when you see a junco bird ? … Read more