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	Birds, Familiar: Song Sparrow, Life Histories of North American Birds, A.C. Bent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The breeding song sparrow of eastern Canada and of the United States west to the Appalachians displays the typical preference of this species for moist ground and for a low, irregular, dense plant configuration considerably exposed to the sun.
		The song sparrow's persistent songs, six to eight per minute at dawn in spring (Forbush, 1929), are, of course, associated with the maintenance of territory.
		Song Sparrow songs are of two general types, those beginning with two to four (rarely one or five) similar and equally spaced phrases, and those beginning with four to twenty similar phrases that increase in tempo.
	home.bluemarble.net /~pqn/ch31-40/ssparrow.html (7192 words)

	Song Sparrow
		In the East, Song Sparrows return to their breeding range as early as February in the South and from mid to late-March through early May in Maine.
		Song Sparrows build their nests on the ground, concealed by a mound of grass or brush pile, and they use these nests more than once.
		Song Sparrows breed from the Aleutian Islands and southern Alaska across Canada north to Great Slave Lake and the southern Hudson Bay to the Maritime Provinces.
	www.shawcreekbirdsupply.com /song_sparrow_info.htm (1009 words)

	Song Sparrow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Song sparrows generally feed on the ground; they're happy to pick up seed either scattered about or seed thrown out of the feeders by other birds.
		As shown above, song sparrows have a streaked breast (and a center "heart" mark) and distinctive muttonchops.
		If anyone noticed, the first photograph shows a fluffy, round song sparrow - because he (or she) was photographed in March when it was cold.
	www.lookoutnow.com /feeder/sparrow1.htm (200 words)

	Song Sparrows
		Song sparrows typically learn their songs from a handful of other birds that have neighboring territories.
		It has been demonstrated that song sparrows are able to distinguish neighbors from strangers on the basis of song, and also that females are able to distinguish (and prefer) their mate's songs from those of other neighboring birds, and they prefer songs of neighboring birds to those of strangers.
		The Song Sparrow is one of the birds with the most numerous subspecies in North America, and even on a global scale rivals such species as the Horned Lark, the Yellow Wagtail, the Golden Whistler or the Island Thrush.
	www.avianweb.com /songsparrows.html (1383 words)

	All About Birds
		A common sparrow of backyards across North America, the Song Sparrow is readily recognized by its streaked breast and large central spot.
		Song is a varied series of two to six phrases, usually starting with several clear notes and then including buzzes, trills, or other complex notes.
		A study found that male Song Sparrows from the coast of Washington state came into breeding condition two months earlier than Song Sparrows in the nearby mountains, where the daylight changes were the same, but temperatures were cooler and trees budded out two months later.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Song_Sparrow.html (520 words)

	Melospiza melodia (Wilson), Song Sparrow - Biodiversity of Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Voice: Song is variable, but often consists of three parts: a phrase with 2-3 clear whistles, lower-pitched buzzes, and an ending trill.
		A survey of breeding birds in the park, performed from 1996-1999, ranked the Song Sparrow as the 62nd most common species out of 113 species observed during the breeding season.
		The Song Sparrow typically forages on the ground, often using the double-scratch technique, where it hops forward while raking its feet back along the ground to kick away ground debris.
	www.dlia.org /atbi/species/animals/vertebrates/birds/emberizidae/song_sparrow.shtml (1163 words)

	Noise Pollution & Birds
		Song is important in resolving conflicts between males, allowing them to maintain their territories and repel intruders.
		Because song sparrows have a repertoire of 5 to 13 song types that differ in frequency, they might choose to sing those songs that are not as masked by the prevailing ambient noise.
		As for the song sparrows themselves, it is known that females can discriminate between songs from individuals from other song sparrow populations as far away as 20 miles.
	www.birdwatchersdigest.com /site/conservation/noise_pollution.aspx (1376 words)

	North America: Song sparrow
		Habitat and range: The song sparrow is one of the most common birds in the United States.
		Song sparrows are frequently victims of the brown-headed cowbird, who lays their eggs in the sparrows' nests and leave them to be cared for by the song sparrow.
		Generally, the song is introduced by a series of three "seet, seet, seet" notes followed by a bubbling trill.
	www.colszoo.org /animalareas/namerica/birdpg/sparrow.html (722 words)

	Bird IQ: Quick Start: Birders
		But attracting Song Sparrows and other LBBs to your yard can be easy and will give you hours of good observations and improved identification skills.
		Song Sparrows are found in a wide range of habitats, from rocky beaches and scrub desert to marshes and willow carrs.
		Song Sparrows prefer a seed mix that includes millet and sunflower seeds, but they will be more attracted to seed on the ground than in a feeder.
	www.birdiq.com /support/fly_to_birders_songsparrow.html (227 words)

	Birds of Nova Scotia - Song Sparrow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Song Sparrows are widespread in summer in relatively open habitats with adequate brushy cover.
		Song Sparrows attend feeding stations in winter but are by no means dependent on them.
		When a Song Sparrow enters a birdbath in summer, it scratches one or both ears at least once, usually several times during the operation.
	museum.gov.ns.ca /mnh/nature/nsbirds/bns0375.htm (569 words)

	Swamp Sparrow
		The sparrow typically forages on the ground and is usually found in wetter areas than the Song Sparrow or Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas).
		The sparrow's back is light brown, streaked with darker brown and its wings show a noticeable rufous shoulder patch in all plumages.
		The Song Sparrow is the largest of the three species with white, rather than buffy malar stripes.
	www.shawcreekbirdsupply.com /swamp_sparrow_info.htm (581 words)

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		Song Sparrows were present at every marsh included in this study; in San Pablo and Suisun bays, densities were moderate to high, averaging 18.2 and 22.8 birds per hectare respectively.
		For Song Sparrows, greater abundance was associated with greater vegetation cover, but we found no one or more plant species to have a marked negative or positive correlation.
		We found a significant correlation for Song Sparrows (but not yellowthroats) between bird density and marsh area, but this was only true for isolated marshes, which we defined as more than one kilometer from the next closest tidal marsh.
	www.prbo.org /OBSERVER/Observer110/Tidalbirds.html (1600 words)

	Song Sparrow Habits
		Aptly named, the Song Sparrow will sing as many as 20 different melodies with as many as 1,000 improvised variations on his basic theme.
		In areas where the birds migrate, the male arrives on the breeding ground ahead of the female and starts to define a territory by singing his song from three or four prominent perches.
		Song Sparrows feed on the ground, eating seeds, insects, and some fruit.
	www.wild-bird-watching.com /Song-Sparrow.html (372 words)

	Song Sparrow
		The Song Sparrow, Melospiza melodia, is a medium-sized sparrow.
		Adults have brown upperparts with dark streaks on the back and are white underneath with dark streaking and a dark brown spot in the middle of the breast.
		Song Sparrow is a very rare vagrant to western Europe, with a few recorded in Great Britain and Norway.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/s/so/song_sparrow.html (191 words)

	Song Sparrow
		In the East, Song Sparrows return to their breeding range as early as February in the South and from mid- to late-March through early May in Maine.
		Song Sparrows can be found as high as 9,000 feet, but they typically choose lower altitudes than the congeneric Lincoln's Sparrow (M.
		The Song Sparrow is an extremely common, widespread, and geographically variable bird.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /BOW/SONSPA (1035 words)

	* Song Sparrow - (Bird): Definition
		The Song Sparrow is the most common and widespread sparrow native to North America.
		Song sparrows are small, reddish brown birds with stripes of dark brown and fl on their back.
		Its streaked plumage is similar to the Vesper and Song Sparrow.
	en.mimi.hu /bird/song_sparrow.html (277 words)

	The Mighty Sparrow
		Sparrow's roots are in Gran Roi, a rural fishing village in Grenada.
		Sparrow continued to climb the ladder of success while becoming the most popular caypsonian of all time.
		In this song, Sparrow once again deals with an issue of international concern while at the same time reflecting on those who have been in the forefront of the struggle.
	www.mightysparrow.com /biopage.htm (1726 words)

	Song Sparrow
		It is one of the most common sparrows, and is highly variable geographically with some 39 subspecies in North America and Mexico (Pyle 1997).
		Song Sparrows build a cup nest of weeds and grasses lined with hair and finer plant materials.
		Song Sparrows may raise 2 or 3 broods in a breeding season.
	www.wbu.com /chipperwoods/photos/ssparrow.htm (399 words)

	Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia - Bruant chanteur
		Song sparrow adult has dark brown crown, divided by a slight median line.
		Songs are variable, depending of populations, and specialists often identify these birds thanks to their dialects.
		Female is not only attracted by male song, but also by its manner to compose it.
	www.oiseaux.net /oiseaux/passeriformes/song.sparrow.html (788 words)

	Rindy Anderson, Searcy Lab, University of Miami
		In eastern populations of song sparrows, low levels of whole song sharing restrict opportunities for the kinds of complex matching interactions seen in western populations, where whole song sharing is high.
		I have performed a playback experiment that 1) demonstrated partial song matching in a population of eastern song sparrows; and 2) provided evidence consistent with the hypothesis that matching is a signal of aggressive intentions.
		Soft song in song sparrows has recently been found to be the best predictor of an attack on a taxidermic mount (Searcy, Nowicki & Anderson unpubl.), providing evidence that soft song functions as a signal of aggressive intentions.
	www.bio.miami.edu /searcylab/rindyindex.htm (584 words)

	Charliesbirdblog: Song Sparrow, North America and Mexico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		All Song Sparrows share a long, rounded tail - which is often held upright or pumped; relatively short, rounded wings; a grayish or white supercilium; a pale central crown stripe; and a conspicuous, broad, dark malar stripe separating the white moustachial stripe from the white chin and throat.
		Song Sparrows (in my experience anyway) are curious and inquisitive and are very easily "pished": on very many occasions I've stood in good birding habitat puzzling over what species it is in the undergrowth in front of me, "pished" and then found myself being scrutinised by calling Song Sparrows.
		In other areas, typical Song Sparrow habitats include brushy areas along the shores of ponds or stream banks, shrubby moist meadows, cattail swamps, rocky woodland clearings, open second-growth woodlands, and gardens and yards in suburbs or small towns.
	www.charliesbirdblog.com /~charlie/songsparrow/songsparrow.html (842 words)

	EPOW Ecology Picture of the Week - Song Sparrow Songs
		More specifically, these are three different songs from a single bird, a Song Sparrow, singing in a back yard outside Portland, Oregon, one fine Spring afternoon.
		Song Sparrows are common birds of yards and streamsides.
		Their songs, very well studied, consist of a series of set phrases and notes stitched into various combinations.
	www.taos-telecommunity.org /epow/EPOW-Archive/archive_2003/EPOW-030707.htm (328 words)

	SONG SPARROW (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		With the exception of the English sparrow, the song sparrow is probably the best known of a large family.
		The song sparrow does not exhibit the confidence in May that is shown by the white throat or chipping sparrows.
		The nest of the song sparrow is usually found low to the ground in brush or shrubbery.
	www.baylink.org /Wpc/ssparrow.html (229 words)

	Golden Song Sparrow - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Golden Song Sparrows are small birds that eat a finch seed diet, and will co-habit happily with many finches in a large flight.
		The sparrows are very active and so require a lot of space.
		To sex them, the male has yellow on his lower abdomen area, and the female is a pale grey colour.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Golden_Song_Sparrow (99 words)

	Georgia Wildlife Web Site; birds: Melospiza melodia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Color: Grayish eyebrow; white throat bordered by a dark stripe; pale gray to white central crown stripe; variable striping on the head and body; streaking on the neck, flanks, and lower belly; dark central spot on the chest; under parts whitish with streaking; legs and feet pinkish.
		The Song Sparrow is limited to the northern quarter of Georgia during the breeding season, but occurs throughout the state in the winter.
		The Song Sparrow is common and is not listed as Threatened or Endangered in any part of its southeastern range.
	museum.nhm.uga.edu /gawildlife/birds/passeriformes/mmelodia.html (488 words)

	Song Sparrow - Whatbird.com
		Song Sparrow: Breeds from the Aleutians and mainland Alaska east to Newfoundland and south to California, North Dakota, and Carolinas.
		● Breeding and nesting: Song Sparrow: Three to six heavily marked, pale green eggs are laid in a neat, well-hidden grassy cup nest, often lined with hair, and usually built on the ground near a grassy tussock or reeds; sometimes builds nest in a bush or tree, 2 to 4 feet above the ground.
		Savannah Sparrow is smaller and paler, and has heavier bill, shorter tail, pale yellow eyebrows, and lacks breast spot.
	identify.whatbird.com /obj/146/_/Song_Sparrow.aspx (696 words)

	Birding Column: Getting In Tune With Song Sparrows (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Now, the song sparrow is a very elusive creature, and it rarely lets you get closer than 25 or 30 feet (7 to 9 meters) away from it.
		I gathered that the song sparrow was eating plenty of ants during this session.
		Now, song sparrows always live around water, but this particular downhill stream resulted from runoff from a narrow drainage pipe that was built into the hill at the side of the road.
	news.nationalgeographic.com /news/2004/08/0803_040803_birdman_sparrow.html (925 words)

	NPWRC :: Song Sparrow
		Rosche (1979) found song sparrow only as a migrant and winter resident in the lower North Platte River Valley, present during 11 September to 15 April.
		Breeding Range: Song sparrow is an uncommon and local nesting species in our area, restricted primarily to the Eastern Plain and Platte River Valley physiographic regions.
		Stewart (1975) reported song sparrow nesting in a wide range of natural and man-made habitat including wetlands, shrub thickets, shelterbelts and farmstead.
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/birds/platte/species/melomelo.htm (268 words)

	Birds: The Song Sparrow
		While the Song Sparrow nests in the extreme northern part of Illinois, it is known in the more southern portions only as a winter resident.
		The location of the Song Sparrow's nest is variable; sometimes on the ground, or in a low bush, but usually in as secluded a place as its instinct of preservation enables it to find.
		A favorite spot is a deep shaded ravine through which a rivulet ripples, where the solitude is disturbed only by the notes of his song, made more sweet and clear by the prevailing silence.
	www.birdnature.com /sep1897/songsparrow.html (235 words)

	Song Sparrow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		In the northern part of the eastern United States the Song Sparrow in summer is an abundant inhabitant of farmyards, towns and residential sections and suburbs of cities.
		The Song Sparrow is approximately the size of a House Sparrow and is reddish brown in color, with heavy streakings on the underparts concentrated in a prominent fl spot in the center of the breast (an excellent field mark).
		The Song Sparrow arrives in early October and is common from then until the first part of April.
	www.losbird.org /labirds/sosp.htm (376 words)

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