Song Sparrow

A rich russet and gray bird with bold streaks down its white chest the song sparrow is one of the most familiar north american sparrows.
Song sparrow. If it perches on a low shrub leans. A rich russet and gray bird with bold streaks down its white chest the song sparrow is one of the most familiar north american sparrows. A song sparrow nest is a straightforward cup constructed of leaves grass and or bark with an inner lining of soft grass fur and rootlets. Larger longer tailed and more rusty than savannah sparrow.
It s one of the first species you should suspect if you see a streaky sparrow in an open shrubby or wet area. Song sparrow in coastal marin county california. The female lays several eggs sometimes as many as six which she incubates for 12 to 15 days. Very widespread in north america this melodious sparrow is among the most familiar birds in some areas such as the northeast and midwest.
The music of nature proudly presents song sparrow a video portrait featuring several singing song sparrows gathered in the countryside around ithaca new. Found in a variety of scrubby habitats both near and far from human development. Among the native sparrows in north america it is easily one of the most abundant variable and adaptable species. The mated pair work together to feed the young which remain in the nest for 9 to 12 days and.
Don t let the bewildering variety of regional differences this bird shows across north america deter you. Song sparrows vary in appearance over their wide. If it perches on a low shrub leans. At times it is rather skulking in behavior hiding in the thickets seen only when it flies from bush to bush with a typical pumping motion of its tail.
Don t let the bewildering variety of regional differences this bird shows across north america deter you. Usually however sheer numbers make it conspicuous. Significant variation in plumage geographically. Adult song sparrows have brown upperparts with dark streaks on the back and are white.
It s one of the first species you should suspect if you see a streaky sparrow in an open shrubby or wet area.