American Tree Sparrow by Ken _Gilliland

Poser • Animals • posted on Jun 25, 2013

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Another one of my new sparrows. Throughout history sparrows have been considered the harbinger of good or bad luck. They are referred to in many works of ancient literature and religious texts around the world. The ancient Egyptians used the sparrow symbol in their hieroglyphs to express evil tidings, the ancient Greeks associated it with Aphrodite, the goddess of love as a lustful messenger, and Jesus used sparrows as an example of divine providence in the Gospel of Matthew. American Tree Sparrows breed in the tundra of the far North and they migrate to southern Canada and the northern United States for the winter. They migrate at night, often in flocks. Females generally winter farther south than males. The return flight to northern Canada and Alaska coincides with spring snowmelt in the far North. The American Tree Sparrow was misleadingly named by European settlers reminded of Eurasian Tree Sparrows back home; American Tree Sparrows are ground birds. This sparrow numbers are in decline partially due to the habitat destruction in Canada's forests in pursuit of tar sands oil (source of the Keystone pipeline controversy). Rendered in Poser 2014 without postwork. Model Credits: Songbird Remix Sparrows of the World (me/Hivewire3d)