We recently placed some new bird feeders in our back yard, and have found that it attracts a huge number of birds that are approximately the same size as the finches who live with us. I think most of these new birds are sparrows, but there are a few that are puzzling me. I'd assumed this little guy was a sparrow, but I don't find his mug shot in my bird book. Can anybody help me?
Female House Sparrow with a touch of leucism.
http://birding.about.com/od/identifyingbirds/a/leucism.htm
We've had a HOSP, Junco and an American Tree Sparrow with leucism.
How amazing. I was preparing to submit photos of other sparrow-like birdies that do not have the finch chest stripes, but I know now that they're in the same family as our confirmed female sparrow afflicted with leucism. Many thanks!
