I took my Little Brown Birds class to Sauvie Island. A walk along the length of Rentenaar Road is always good for sparrows.
We found at least four White-throated Sparrows. This species was considered quite rare in Oregon ten years ago, but seem to be increasingly common in winter.
This individual is an example of the “white striped” form of White-throated Sparrow.
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
One of the more interesting birds of the day was this leucistic Golden-crowned Sparrow. He was a uniform buffy gray with a splash of yellow on the crown.
Red-winged Blackbird
There are still large flocks of Snow Geese on the island.
Sandhill Cranes are always a treat.
Ethical Birder 
Nice to throw that blackbird in the mix with the sparrows. I did a double take to figure it out since I had sparrows on my brain. Tricky.
I’m with Michele… but congratulated myself for recognizing her!
What lens did you use for these photos? Beautiful shots…
All my photos are taken with a Canon Powershot SX50 HS. I take lots of frames and discard the vast majority. I get lucky on a few.
John-
You get nice results with your Canon. Digital is wonderful. Imagine the price of all those shots back in film days!! Thanks for the tip on camera selection. 🙂