song sparrow

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song sparrow

A widespread North American sparrow (Melospiza melodia) having streaked brownish plumage and noted for its melodious song.

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song sparrow

(Animals) a common North American finch, Melospiza melodia, having brown-and-white plumage and a melodious song

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song′ spar`row

a common North American sparrow, Melospiza melodia, that nests in brush and high grass.

[1800–10, Amer.]

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song sparrow - small songbird common in North America

Melospiza melodia

New World sparrow - sparrow-like North American finches

genus Melospiza, Melospiza - American song sparrow and swamp sparrow

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On the 13th of March, after I had heard the bluebird, song sparrow, and red-wing, the ice was still nearly a foot thick.

The faint silvery warblings heard over the partially bare and moist fields from the bluebird, the song sparrow, and the red-wing, as if the last flakes of winter tinkled as they fell!

I hear a song sparrow singing from the bushes on the shore -- olit, olit, olit -- chip, chip, chip, che char -- che wiss, wiss, wiss.

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The effect of cover and food on space use by wintering song sparrows and field sparrows.

Wintering bird responses to the presence of artificial surface water in a semi-arid rangeland

Song sparrows learn from limited exposure to song models.

Shinichi Suzuki and Bird Song: assessing Suzuki's claim that musical talent is not inborn

A male song sparrow (Melospiza melodia) will defend his territory against any male song sparrow that intrudes.

Song Sparrows Escalate Territorial Threats

Meadowlark 46 (n=13) 64 (n=11) Bobolink 25 (n=4) 75 (n=4) Song Sparrow 50 (n=2) 63 (n=8) Mallard -- -- Field Sparrow 33 (n=3) 60 (n=5) Common Yellowthroat -- -- American Woodcock 100 (n=2) -- Wild Turkey -- 0 (n=1) Henslow's Sparrow 100 (n=1) -- Shrub or Above Ground Nester Robin 67 (n=3) 67 (n=3) Red-wing BB 38 (n=16) 27 (n=22) Brown Thrasher 0 (n=1) 100 (n=1) Willow Flycatcher - 0 (n=2) Yellow Warbler - 0 (n=2) American Goldfinch 100 (n=1 -- Northern Mockingbird 100 (n=2) -- Mourning Dove -- 0 (n=1) Species 2010 2011 Average Ground or Near Ground Nester Grasshopper Sp.

Nesting success of grassland and shrub-nesting birds on The Wilds, an Ohio reclaimed surface mine

Common species found in both seasons were Red-winged Blackbirds (scientific names are in Table 1), Song Sparrows, Common Grackles, and Northern Cardinals.

Use of a right-of-way by breeding birds in Lake County, Illinois

Stability, regulation and the determination of abundance in an insular Song Sparrow population.

Population Dynamics of Ovis ammon gmelini in Khan-Gormaz Protected Area in Iran

Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia): Widespread songbird, has heavy streaks on chest Feeds on ground.

Feeder birds of New York: Project FeederWatch

THE SONG SPARROW AND THE CHILD: CLAIMS OF SCIENCE AND HUMANITY.

The Song Sparrow and the Child: Claims of Science and Humanity

Eragrostis and Panicum seeds were found in greater proportions of song sparrow digestive tracts than in those of the other three species and in more dark-eyed junco tracts than in northern cardinal or white-throated sparrow tracts.