Brewer's Sparrow
Male
Female
Occasionally in winter, more common in both spring and fall as they pass through this area during migration.
Male and female plumage similar. Breeding plumage is more crisp and defined, non-breeding plumage is paler and muted. Throat, breast, belly an ash-colored gray, back more brown than gray. Fine streaking on the crown of the head, with a black stripe through the eye and a noticeable malar stripe. A faint, incomplete eye-ring visible with binoculars. Tail feathers slightly forked.
Male and female plumage similar. Breeding plumage is more crisp and defined, non-breeding plumage is paler and muted. Throat, breast, belly an ash-colored gray, back more brown than gray. Fine streaking on the crown of the head, with a black stripe through the eye and a noticeable malar stripe. A faint, incomplete eye-ring visible with binoculars. Tail feathers slightly forked.
Uncommon in winter, fairly common in spring and fall during migration.
A ground feeding species that frequently occurs in mixed flocks with other ground-feeding seed-eaters such as Dark-eyed Juncos, Chipping Sparrows and White-crowned Sparrows.
Seeds, insects
Most likely to be confused with Chipping Sparrows in non-breeding plumage.
Pioneer Park, Acker Park.
