New Mexico
Black-throated Sparrow
Amphispiza bilineata
(L 5.5" WS 7.75" Wt 0.47 oz)
Also called the Desert Sparrow
...can survive long periods w/o
water.
...can survive long periods w/o
water.
Embudito Canyon
10-1Mar2012
The little sparrowshop ingenuously
about the pavement quarreling with
sharp voices over those things
sharp voices over those things
that interest them.
But we who are wiser shut ourselves in
on either hand and no one knows
whether we think good or evil.
(William Carlos Williams)
Has shown a 63% population
decline since 1967.
decline since 1967.
(Nat’l Audubon Society)
Amphispiza in Greek means
near, around a finch;
bilineata in Latin means
double-striped.
near, around a finch;
bilineata in Latin means
double-striped.
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