Texas
Clay-colored Sparrow
Spizella pallida
(L 5.5" WS 7.5" Wt 0.45 oz)
South Padre Island
18,21Apr2021
Common and widespread
in the Great Plains.
in the Great Plains.
Spizella means small
bunting; pallida is
Latin for pale.
bunting; pallida is
Latin for pale.
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Society
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This little cock-sparrow shall make me a stew,
And his giblets shall make me a little pie, too.“
”Oh, no,“ says the sparrow “I won’t make a stew.”
So he flapped his wings and away he flew.
(Mother Goose, 1916)
(Mother Goose, 1916)