Birds In Focus 


| Home | Dynamic Search | Browse: Taxonomy or Locations | Videos | Species List | Blog | Lightbox |


 

Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes >> Family Passerellidae >> Genus Centronyx

Henslow's Sparrow (Unique ID: 1008)
Return to Last Page: Click on image

Return to Last Page
Acquire This Photo

Species: Henslow's Sparrow (Centronyx henslowii)
Location: Mill Creek Streamway Park, Johnson County, Kansas, United States
Age: adult     Plumage: basic/year-round     Activity: perching/standing
Sex: male     Visibility: full body     Quantity: single
Photographer: David Seibel     Date: June 6, 2006
Equipment: Canon EOS 20D and Canon 500mm f/4L IS     Megapixels: 5.5

Notes: This was one of at least 5 or 6 singing males within a 150-foot radius in a hayfield below the dam at Shawnee Mission Park. (The field is actually part of the Mill Creek Streamway Park.) The birds are all acting very territorial, singing continually and periodically skirmishing along invisible boundary lines.


About Us | Publications | Favorites | What's New | | Contact | |

Copyright Notice: All photographs on this site are protected by United States and international copyright laws. Photographs are not to be printed or otherwise published without permission.