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Black-throated Sparrow in Oakville |
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Mark Jennings found this Black-throated Sparrow in Oakville on 4
November 2019, the second in the Greater Toronto Hamilton Area this
fall. |
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VIDEO: Black-throated Sparrow captures and consumes a caterpillar |
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It was feeding on mostly seeds in grass beside a trail in a park
behind houses. Oakville on 4 November 2019. Black-throated Sparrows
are omnivores in the breeding season and mostly eat seeds in the non
breeding season, but will relish a juicy caterpillar anytime. |
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It is aged as in first year (formative) plumage.
The black throat is still molting in. Black-throated Sparrows do not
have an alternate plumage. Oakville on 4 November 2019. |
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This
Black-throated Sparrow has very worn wing coverts
and probably juvenile tertials and tail. Oakville on 4 November
2019. This is the second record in 2019 and the 4th all time Ontario
record. |
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Links to Previous Ontario
Black-throated Sparrows |
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My first sighting of Black-throated Sparrow in Ontario was at Port
Burwell on 29 August 2009. |
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Black-throated
Sparrow in Oakville on 4 November 2019 |
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