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olive sparrow

  1. Olive Sparrow

    Olive Sparrow

    Olive Sparrows are usually very shy, tending to skulk deep in the thorn scrub. so was pleased to get this photo of one at a bird-blind water feature. A rather drab, unassuming bird divided into two subspecies groups. This is presumably the nominate subspecies ranging from Texas to Eastern...
  2. Olive Sparrow

    Olive Sparrow

    Olive Sparrow (Arremonops rufivirgatus rufivirgatus)
  3. Olive Sparrow

    Olive Sparrow

    Olive Sparrow (Arremonops rufivirgatus rufivirgatus)
  4. Olive Sparrow

    Olive Sparrow

    Olive Sparrow (Arremonops rufivirgatus rufivirgatus)
  5. Olive Sparrow

    Olive Sparrow

    Olive Sparrow (Arremonops rufivirgatus subsp. rufivirgatus) Sexes similar. National Butterfly Center, Mission, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA. Planted butterfly garden with native plants with riparian woods just north of the Rio Grande in the South Texas Plains Vegetational Area at ca. 40 m (131...
  6. Olive Sparrow

    Olive Sparrow

    One of the easier Sparrows to identify in the USA.
  7. Olive Sparrow

    Olive Sparrow

    As you would realise from the name a dull coloured bird but nice to see in the undergrowth.
  8. Olive Sparrow

    Olive Sparrow

    Olive Sparrow
  9. Olive Sparrow

    Olive Sparrow

    These sparrows were very common all through the Rio Grande Valley, and although we didn't see many, we heard a bunch. They have a bouncy chipping song that starts slow and gets much faster. They were secretive birds. It was very dark, and I had to use 1600 ISO to avoid blur.
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