Song Sparrow

Description:

Song Sparrows are medium-sized and fairly bulky sparrows. For a sparrow, the bill is short and stout and the head fairly rounded. The tail is long and rounded, and the wings are broad. Song Sparrows are streaky and brown with thick streaks on a white chest and flanks. On a closer look, the head is an attractive mix of warm red-brown and slaty gray, though these shades, as well as the amount of streaking, vary extensively across North America. Often shows a spot in the middle of breast. Thick, dark malar (moustache) stripe.

Habitat:

A wildlife habitat garden on a cool windy day. It has become a regular visitor scratching about under shrubs and a platform feeder. Song Sparrows flit through dense, low vegetation or low branches, occasionally moving onto open ground after food. Flights are short and fluttering, with a characteristic downward pumping of the tail. Male Song Sparrows sing from exposed perches such as small trees.

Notes:

These sparrows are here for the winter. There are several species of sparrow that are only here at this time.