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Male House Sparrow

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SST_Defiant^ED^ Senior Member Registered: March 2005 Location: Zegema Beach, MaryLand Posts: 206 users gallery	Passer domesticus Order: PASSERIFORMES Family: PASSERIDAE Description top * Small, stocky songbird. * Bill thick. * Legs short. * Chest unstreaked. * Wingbars. * Male with black throat and white cheeks. * Size: 14-16 cm (6-6 in) * Wingspan: 19-25 cm (7-10 in) * Weight: 26-32 g (0.92-1.13 ounces) Sex Differences Male with reddish back and black bib, female brown with eyestripe. Sound Calls a slightly metallic "cheep, chirrup." Song a series of cheeps. for more info, goto: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAbou...e_Sparrow.html
	· Date: Thu January 18, 2007 · Views: 481 · Filesize: 61.0kb · Dimensions: 363 x 511 ·
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Captain Mike

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Registered: November 2006
Location: Frisco, Texas
Posts: 1

Thu January 18, 2007 12:08pm

Wow ..thanks...All this time I just thought those Parrer domesticus's were just birds... :-)

just kidding...great picture and thanks for the detailed info...

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~Captain Mike