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Brewer's Sparrow

This rather unassuming sparrow was named in 1857 by John Cassin to honour his ornithologist friend Thomas Brewer. Brewer also has a North American Blackbird named after him: www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/10513751133/in/photolist

Brewer's Sparrow (Spizella breweri) is found patchily from Alaska and southern Canada and through a large part of the western USA where it inhabits sagebrush areas. The northern populations inhabit scrub at the treeline and were formerly split as the Timberline Sparrow (S.b. taverneri). They all move south in winter to Mexico and SW USA. I photographed this wintering bird on Mexico's Baja peninsula.

Thomas Mayo Brewer (1814-1880) was the son of a revolutionary patriot, Colonel James Brewer, who took part in the Boston Tea Party. Thomas Brewer was perhaps most famous for getting involved in a public spat with Elliott Coues over whether the recently introduced House Sparrows should be exterminated. Brewer was on the side of the House Sparrows in what became known as the Sparrow War. I remember a similar schism occurring in Britain over the introduced Ruddy Duck which I wrote about here: www.flickr.com/photos/timmelling/52845641379/in/photolist

Taken on: February 22, 2024

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