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Song sparrow

Melospiza melodia

Description:

Adult song sparrows have brown upper parts with dark streaks on the back and are white underneath with dark streaking and a dark brown spot in the middle of the breast. They have a brown cap and a long brown rounded tail. Their face is grey with a streak through the eye. They are highly variable in size across numerous subspecies.

Habitat:

Mason Farm Biological Reserve

5 Comments

JanineLingTurner
JanineLingTurner 10 years ago

beautiful!

Maria dB
Maria dB 10 years ago

Thanks for your nice comment, Lee!

Lee Williams
Lee Williams 10 years ago

Wonderful Series!

Tom15
Tom15 11 years ago

Sparrows can be confusing little brown birds:-)

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

Thanks, Tom15. I often feel unsure about sparrow IDs!

Maria dB
Spotted by
Maria dB

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Spotted on Feb 2, 2013
Submitted on Feb 3, 2013

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