Clay-colored Sparrow
Spizella pallida
(L 5.5" WS 7.5" Wt 0.45 oz)
South Padre
Island, Texas
23Apr2013
Common and widespread
in the Great Plains.
Five little sparrows high in a tree
The first one said, whom do I see?
The second one said, I see the street.
The third one said, and seeds to eat.
The fourth one said, the seeds are wheat.
The fifth one said, tweet, tweet, tweet.
   (J. Patrick Lewis, U.S. Children’s Poet Laureate)