Fox Sparrow

Fox Sparrow searching the ground clutter.
Fox Sparrow, Fort Worth Nature Preserve Bison Parking, Fort Worth, TX, February 12, 2022
Canon EOS 5DS R with Tamron 150-600 mm lens; 600 mm; ISO-2500; f/6.3; 1/1600 sec.

This page is for the Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca). My first photographic evidence of the Fox Sparrow was on January 17, 2022 at the Village Creek Drying Beds, Arlington, TX. I was walking along a fence row and only saw him because of some movement. He was really well camouflaged and it was difficult getting a decent picture of him. The best photograph I have taken of the Fox Sparrow to date (above) is the February 12, 2022 photograph at the Fort Worth Nature Preserve, Fort Worth, TX.

The following photograph is the best representative image from a different date and location than my species representative example.

Fox Sparrow blending in well with the leaves on the ground.
Fox Sparrow, Village Creek, Arlington, TX, January 17, 2022
Canon EOS 5DS R with Tamron 150-600 mm lens; 600 mm; ISO-4000; f/6.3; 1/1000 sec.
Fox Sparrow perched on a small limb facing away and to the left.
Fox Sparrow, Fort Worth Nature Preserve, Fort Worth, TX, January 1, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-2500; f/16; 1/1000 sec.
Fox Sparrow perched on a small branch deep in a tree and in the shade.
Fox Sparrow, North Holiday Park, Benbrook, TX, February 11, 2023
EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-400; f/10; 1/800 sec.
Fox Sparrow deep in a tree and perched on a small branch near the tree trunk.
Fox Sparrow, Fort Worth Nature Preserve, Fort Worth, TX, March 4, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-2000; f/11; 1/800 sec.