Birds Around Las Vegas, Wildlife Around Las Vegas
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General Description: Chipping Sparrows (Spizella passerina) have a clear, gray breast and gray face, a black eyeline, and a white eyebrow line. During summer, they have a red crown, but during winter, the crown is finely streaked. Sexes alike. Favored Habitat: Desert scrub during winter, mountains during summer. |
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Where to Find: During winter, look in the desert scrub (e.g., Red Rock Canyon NCA, Lake Mead NRA) where they are common; and during summer, look up on Mt. Charleston where they breed. Comments: |
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Chipping Sparrow summer adult; notice the red cap and clear chest. |
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Chipping Sparrow winter adult; notice the finely streaked crown and clear chest. |
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Chipping Sparrow juvenile; notice the finely streaked crown and streaked chest. |
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If you were a summer bug, this might be the last face you'd ever see! |
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If you were a winter bug, this might be the last face you'd ever see! |
 Adult Chipping Sparrow in breeding plumage in a ponderosa pine. |
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 taking a bath in a mountain spring |
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