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25-FEB-2006

House Sparrow

These guys are all over the place and everybody takes them for granted (and yes, they are not the most colorful bird in the world). That said, when you take a "really" close look at this male, the common House Sparrow is really quite beautiful.

Canon EOS 1D Mark II
1/640s f/11.0 at 560.0mm iso640 full exif

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Joseph Kurkjian20-Jun-2008 15:55
Colin, thanks for the ID (title updated).
Colin Key20-Jun-2008 11:30
Hi Joe,

This is not a "Common Sparrow" (although they are common) but a House Sparrow (Passer domesticus) - if you shot this in the US then it is a non-native "introduced" species.

Colin