The Variety Collection

My images in this gallery are used in other galleries or for elements of the website, but please do feel free to browse/shop it if you are curious. You will find a large potpourri of my photography in this collection with image subjects ranging from urban to wilderness.

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Olde Worlde Sparrow

The House Sparrow ( http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/House_Sparrow_dtl.html ) was introduced from the Old World/Europe (thus my bad pun) into Brooklyn, New York, in 1851. By 1900 it had spread to the Rocky Mountains. And today it has been present long enough for evolution to have influenced their morphology. Populations in the north are larger than those in the south, as is generally true for native species (a relationship known as Bergman's Rule).

Olde Antique Sparrow House Sparrow Black and White BW Bird Wildlife Nature antiqued processed manipulated lucisart ArtLibre 2007 Ave Avian Birding Ornithology Birds Animal Michael Menefee