The last sparrow that I featured, the Savannah sparrow, is similar in appearance to this week’s bird, the song sparrow. However, there are a few key differences I will list in this column. Also, like the Savannah, the song sparrow is a winter visitor to Oklahoma.
The Savannah sparrow is a common winter visitor to Oklahoma but may often be overlooked. When I started writing about sparrows eight or so columns back, I mentioned that many people will call a sparrow a sparrow and leave it at that.
Typically, if a person in Oklahoma wanted to see a great black-backed gull, one would need to travel to the American Northeast or the East Coast to see one.
I mentioned last week that the white-throated sparrow would be the featured creature for this week, and it will be, but first I need to mention another bird. I recently traveled to Lewisville, Texas, to see a great black-backed gull.
Once a bird of the Desert Southwest, the house finch has spread all over the United States. And that escalation was boosted when an eastern population was created 80 years ago.
The pine siskin is a winter visitor to Oklahoma, and can be quite common, but not always. These little finches may be scarce some years, and then abundant during others.
A sparrow is a sparrow is a sparrow.
Crossroads Baptist Church in Elgin is offering a two-day seminar on modern parenting this weekend. The seminar, “Parenting Today in an Oversexualized World,” will run from 9 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Saturday and from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the church, 11423 NE 75th St. in Elgin.
Exception to the rule. Yet now you would be hard-pressed to find a child who is not this way. How have television and video games come to rule our households? Three words. Easy. Way. Out.