Field-Sparrow-1-1

Field Sparrow

The Field Sparrow’s latin name is Spizella pusilla. They live in Canada and the Eastern and Southern United States. Their preferred habitat is forest edges, woodland openings, roadsides, open shrublands, and tree farms. The Field Sparrow breeds from April through August. They migrate south during the fall, to prepare for the winter. Their population status is of least concern. When you look at Field Sparrow pictures, you’ll notice that it is a small, warm-toned sparrow with a rusty cap, neat white eyering, and pink bill.

Field Sparrow eggs are white to creamy, spotted with pale purple, reddish-brown, or gray. The Field Sparrow can be found at Coal Creek Farm year round. Their diet consists of spiders, caterpillars, grasshoppers, crickets, flies, bees, moths, seeds, and grains. Grass seeds make up 90% of their diet in the winter. If you search for “Field Sparrow Song”, “Field Sparrow Singing”, or “Song of Field Sparrow”, you’ll learn that the most familiar song is a long, accelerating series of short whistles that build to a rapid trill. It lasts about 4 seconds and has the quality of a bouncing ball coming to rest.

Similar Posts

  • Wood Thrush

    ByTiffany Crockett

    Wood Thrush One of the most easily recognizable bird sounds is the Wood Thrush song, which is a flute-like ee-oh-lay. However, that is only the middle phrase of a three-part song. It learns the phrase from other Wood Thrush birds and sings several variants with 2 to 10 loud, clear notes. A male Wood Thrush…

  • White-Breasted Nuthatch

    ByGeorge Lindemann and Beatriz Lindemann

    White-Breasted Nuthatch Sound The White-Breasted Nuthatch’s latin name is Sitta carolinensis. It lives all over North America. The White-Breasted Nuthatch’s preferred habitat is forests, woodlands, shady trees, along rivers, roads, and clearings. Their breeding season is between early May and mid June. White-Breasted Nuthatch eggs are very distinctive looking – usually heavily marked with light…

  • Yellow-Billed Cuckoo

    ByTiffany Crockett

    Yellow-Billed Cuckoo The Yellow-Billed Cuckoo’s latin name is Coccyzus americanus. They live in North America. The preferred Yellow Billed Cuckoo habitat is forested stream-sides, cottonwoods, willows, and open woodlands. The Yellow-Billed Cuckoo (also called the Western Yellow Billed Cuckoo) breeds in the summer. They migrate to South America in the winter. Their population status is…

  • Blue Grosbeak

    ByGeorge Lindemann and Beatriz Lindemann

    The Blue Grosbeak’s latin name is Passerina caerulea. Their preferred habitat is fields, forest edges, stream edges, deserts, and shrubby areas. The Blue Grosbeak range is the southern half of the United States, northern Mexico, Central America, and South America. A Blue Grosbeak nest is usually built low in small trees or shrubs by the female Blue…

  • Bobolink

    ByTiffany Crockett

    The Bobolink bird is a small New World blackbird and the only member of the Genus Dolichonyx. An old name for this species is the “rice bird”, from its tendency to feed on cultivated grains. Adults are 16–18cm. long with short finch-like bills and weigh about 28g. Adult males are mostly black with creamy napes…

  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak

    ByTiffany Crockett

    The male Rose-breasted Grosbeak, boldly patterned in black, white, and rose, is easily identified. The drab, striped female, however, is more of a challenge, resembling a large sparrow or finch. To answer the question, do evening grosbeaks interact with rose-breasted grosbeaks? The answer is probably no. Rose-breasted Grosbeak tend to visit the south in the…