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Song Sparrow

Melospiza melodia


Photo ©Patricia McQuade

 This is the most musical of the sparrows. It calls weet-weet-weet, then sings a little trill. It has an interesting way of pumping its tail as it flies. You’ll know it from other sparrows by a gray stripe above its eye, and a dark spot on its streaked breast. 

Some Song Sparrows are permanent residents. Others migrate. They will come to feeders, but they like to hide in underbrush and feed on seeds on the ground. Many of them are killed by cats.

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Habitat: Shrubs, fields, lawns, streams
Feeding: Feeds on ground. Eats seeds, insects, and some fruits. Will come to feeders with seed scattered on ground.
Nest: Built of grasses and leaves placed on ground or in shrubs or weeds 1-4 ft high.
Eggs: 3-5, greenish-white with dark marks. Incubation 12-13 days. Fledge: 10 days.
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