Illinois
Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina
(L 5.5" WS 8.5" Wt 0.42 oz)
Oak Park
yard bird
15Apr2013
04May2008
Has well-known fast trill song
...juveniles have streaked breast.
...juveniles have streaked breast.
Morton Arboretum
Lisle
02Jul2009
The little brown-capped pensioner of the dooryard
and lawn, that comes about farmhouse doors to
glean crumbs shaken from the tablecloth by thrifty
housewives.
and lawn, that comes about farmhouse doors to
glean crumbs shaken from the tablecloth by thrifty
housewives.
(Edward Forbush, 1929)
© BirdNote,
Bob Sundstrom
Spizella means small bunting;
passerina in Latin means
sparrow-like.
passerina in Latin means
sparrow-like.
© Audubon
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