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	CT DEP: Vesper Sparrow Fact Sheet
		Vesper sparrows are now seen occasionally in the agricultural uplands in the northern part of the state.
		The vesper sparrow gets its name from its habit of singing in the late afternoon and early evening; although, during the nesting season, the bird sings at all times of the day.
		Vesper sparrows are a host of the parasitic cowbird, which lays its eggs in the sparrows' nests.
	dep.state.ct.us /burnatr/wildlife/factshts/vesp.htm (654 words)

	Vesper Sparrow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Vesper Sparrow, Pooecetes gramineus, is a medium-sized sparrow.
		The male sings from a higher perch, such as a shrub or fencepost, to indicate his ownership of the nesting territory.
		The musical song begins with two pairs of repeated whistled notes and ends in a series of trills, somewhat similar to that of the Song Sparrow.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vesper_sparrow (200 words)

	Effects of Management Practices on Grassland Birds: Vesper Sparrow
		Vesper Sparrows use transition zones between ecosystems, such as the zone between shortgrass prairie and conifer woodland in Wyoming (Finzel 1964), and the zone (parkland fringe) between mixed-grass prairie and parkland in Saskatchewan (Anstey et al.
		Frequency of occurrence of Vesper Sparrows in native pasture was unaffected by grazing intensity.
		Densities of Vesper Sparrows were highest on moderately grazed borollic aridisols (characterized by 20 cm average vegetation height and 17% bare soil) and lightly grazed ustic aridisols (characterized by 23 cm average vegetation height and 9% bare soil), located in shrubsteppe/grassland habitat.
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/literatr/grasbird/vesp/vesp.htm (10652 words)

	Vesper sparrow Species account
		Breeding Vesper Sparrows are characteristic of relatively dry and sparsely vegetated areas with scattered tall structures used for song perches.
		In contrast, Vesper Sparrows in Wisconsin have declined throughout the survey period (Wisconsin Annual Indices).
		However, Vesper Sparrows are one of the first species to occupy strip mines once they have been reclaimed (Whitmore and Hall 1978), causing them to expand their range in heavily forested portions of West Virginia and surrounding states in recent years.
	www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov /bbs/grass/a5400.htm (892 words)

	Eve Day and Lara Stauner
		Vesper sparrows are not long distance migrants and little is known of their migratory patterns or behavior.
		Vesper sparrows eat insects and seeds and eat mostly seeds during the winter.
		Both the Grasshopper sparrow and the Vesper sparrow have traditionally inhabited all of Wisconsin, but their populations have been reduced to the point that they are considered rare in the Northern Highlands/Lake Superior Lowlands region (Sample 1997).
	www.uwrf.edu /~ed29/wildbiotemp.htm (6234 words)

	BISON Species Account 041905 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Vesper sparrows are occasional migrants at the White Sands National Monument, in Dona Ana and Otero counties 42.
		Vesper sparrows are a migrant at Santa Rosa Reservoir (Guadalupe County, NM).
		Vesper sparrows are known to use Mixed Shrub and Sagebrush habitats on the Zuni Reservation, McKinley County, NM (USFWS, 1980)37.
	fwie.fw.vt.edu /states/nmex_main/species/041905.htm (2133 words)

	Birds - Vesper Sparrow
		Among the least conspicuous birds, sparrows are the easiest to classify for that very reason, and certain prominent features of the half dozen commonest of the tribe make their identification simple even to the merest novice.
		The distinguishing marks of this sparrow that haunts open, breezy pasture lands and country waysides are its bright, reddish-brown wing coverts, prominent among its dingy, pale brownish-gray feathers, and its white tail-quills, shown as the bird flies along the road ahead of you to light upon the fence-rail.
		But while the vesper sparrow sings oftenest and most sweetly in the late afternoon and continues singing until only he and the rose-breasted grosbeak break the silence of the early night, his is one of the first voices to join the morning chorus.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles20/birds-93.shtml (407 words)

	Birds Every Child Should Know: Chapter 8
		The tree sparrow, which, unlike the chippy, has no fl on his forehead, wears an indistinct fl spot on the centre of his breast where the chippy is plain gray, and the field sparrow is buffy.
		Except the white-crowned sparrow, who wears a fl and white-striped soldier cap on his head, and who sometimes travels in migrating flocks with his cousins, the white-throated sparrow is the handsomest member of his plain tribe.
		The fox sparrow loves to scratch among the dead leaves for insects trying to hide there, quite as well as if he were a chicken or a towhee or an oven-bird who kick up the leaves and earth rubbish after his vigorous manner.
	www.kellscraft.com /ECSKBirds/ECSKBirds08.html (5294 words)

	SPARROW (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Sparrows have large feet that are well-adapted for scratching for seeds, their chief food.
		For example, song sparrows live in bushy areas, fox sparrows in forests, swamp sparrows in marshes, vesper sparrows in prairies, and sage sparrows in deserts.
		The chipping sparrow is Spizella passerina; the fox sparrow, Passerella iliaca; the vesper sparrow, Pooecetes gramineus; and the sage sparrow,Amphispiza belli.
	www.worldbook.com /wc/features/cybercamp/html/walkspar.html (339 words)

	All About Birds
		The songs of neighboring Vesper Sparrows tend to be similar; between regions, songs tend to show consistent differences.
		The Vesper Sparrow responds quickly to changes in habitat; it is often the first species to occupy reclaimed mine sites and abandon old farm fields as they return to forest.
		Vesper Sparrow is listed as endangered, threatened, or of special conservation concern in several states.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Vesper_Sparrow_dtl.html (381 words)

	Vesper Sparrow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Vesper sparrow occurs only as a spring (20 April to 5 May) and fall (29 September to 21 October) migrant in Lincoln County (Tout 1947).
		Stewart (1975) described the vesper sparrow as one of the characteristic field and prairie edge nesting species in North Dakota.
		Graber and Graber (1963) reported that vesper sparrow occurred with fairly high frequency in bare fields, row crops, and plowed fields in Illinois.
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/distr/birds/platte/species/pooegram.htm (349 words)

	Morning At Beezley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The complete white eye-ring, a hint of an isolated dark breast spot, a narrow lateral throat-stripe [sometimes called a malar stripe], the white supraloral patches located between the bill and the eye, a narrow lateral throat stripe, grayish belly or underside, a pale gray-brown crown and auricular area and a white throat.
		This is clearly not a chipping sparrow, nor a sage sparrow, nor a lark sparrow, nor a grasshopper sparrow, nor a savannah sparrow.
		The vesper sparrow is distinctly different with its flattened head and bill but the white eye ring and the dark upper bill may indicate it is a juvenile Vesper.
	www.cbas.org /bw_areas/tnc-beezley.htm (1393 words)

	John Burroughs and the Naming of the Vesper Sparrow
		He enlarged on the exquisite beauty of its evening song and in the 1880's was in part responsible for the adoption of the name 'vesper' sparrow.
		It was John Burroughs who gave to this bird the inappropriate name of Vesper Sparrow because he felt that its singing was sweeter and more impressive toward evening, but its simple lay is by no means a vesper song as it may be heard at all hours of the day.
		The vesper sparrow was thus happily named by a New England bird-lover, Wilson Flagg, an old fashioned writer on our birds, fifty or more years ago.
	www.johnburroughs.org /food/vespersparrow/vesper_named.htm (660 words)

	BrandyDesigns Sparrow Sign
		Vesper Sparrows are found across North America, typically in relatively dry and sparsely vegetated areas with scattered tall structures used for song perches.
		The Vesper Sparrow is native to North America.
		Unlike the more common house sparrow, which is an immigrant from Europe, the Vesper Sparrow sings a joyful melody.
	www.brandydesigns.com /Welcome_Signs/Sparrow/sparrow.html (118 words)

	Vesper Sparrow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In areas where wood lots are scattered throughout the landscape, Vesper Sparrows frequently sing along the edge of woods or from atop a fence post in an open field.
		Vesper Sparrows were distributed almost entirely north of the Missouri River.
		Vespers Sparrows were most abundant in the north central part of the Glaciated Plains Natural Division, where considerable pasture land is mixed with crop land and scattered wood lots.
	conservation.state.mo.us /nathis/birds/birdatlas/maintext/0400271.htm (369 words)

	TLC The Land Conservancy :: Protecting Our Natural and Cultural Heritage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The vesper sparrow is a large robin-sized sparrow.
		The vesper sparrow prefers open fields, old fields, meadows and grazed pasture, such as at Nanaimo airport and Cobble Meadow near Duncan where they nest, and near Victoria where the odd one winters.
		The vesper sparrow is harmed by the loss of old farmland and open fields to development such as subdivisions and golf courses.
	www.conservancy.bc.ca /sectioncontent.php?sectionid=168&pageid=522 (459 words)

	Song Sparrow
		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.
		Vesper Sparrows (Pooecetes gramineus) have a shorter tail with white outer feathers.
		Although Lincoln's Sparrows' breast stripes may sometimes form a central spot, they are finer and the upper breast color is buffy rather than white.
	birds.cornell.edu /BOW/SONSPA (1035 words)

	SOME NOTES ON THE BREEDING OF THE VESPER SPARROW
		The Vesper Sparrow, so far as is known, lays one egg a day until the clutch is completed.
		This hypothesis is supported by the behavior of a Vesper Sparrow which, having been banded in 1930 in a nest a mile and half from the trap-line, appeared in the traps two weeks later.
		Abundant as the Vesper Sparrow is, apparently an extensive and intensive study of the species has never been made, for the literature on the behavior of young birds and their wander- ings after they leave the nest is scarce.
	elibrary.unm.edu /sora/JFO/v002n04/p0178-p0184.html (3605 words)

	THE STRUCTURE OF THE CLOACAL PROTUBERANCE OF THE VESPER SPARROW (POOECETES GRAMINEUS) AND CERTAIN OTHER PASSERINE BIRDS
		Although the primary subject of this investigation was the Vesper Sparrow, parallel studies were made on the Horned Lark (Ercmophila alp1/2stris) and the Chestnut-collared Longspur (Calcarius ornatus).
		In male Vesper Sparrows during the breeding season, the region immediately surrounding the cloaca protrudes postero-ventrally carry- ing the anus several millimeters from its original position.
		Owing to the migratory habit of the Vesper Sparrow, no specimens were available after this time, and it is not known whether or not there is further regression during fall and winter months.
	elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Auk/v071n01/p0064-p0073.html (5291 words)

	Baird's Sparrow
		Baird's Sparrow: This sparrow breeds from Saskatchewan and Manitoba south to Montana and Minnesota.
		Baird's Sparrow: Three to five white eggs, blotched and scrawled with dark brown, are laid in a cup of weed stems and grass, concealed in grass or weeds on the ground.
		Baird's Sparrow: Vesper and Song Sparrows are similar, but have rounder heads and longer tails and also lack the yellowish face.
	identify.whatbird.com /obj/238/_/Bairds_Sparrow.aspx (680 words)

	Birds and Nature: The Vesper Sparrow & To the Vesper Bird
		In the fields, the pastures and along the roadsides of the Eastern United States and the British Provinces may be found the unobtrusive Vesper Sparrow (Poocaetes gramineus).
		The Vesper Sparrow builds its nest on the ground without reference to any special plant protection except that of grass and other low herbage.
		The eggs are usually four in number, the general color of which is light gray marked, in a variable manner, by dull reddish-brown spots or blotches.
	www.birdnature.com /sep1900/sparrow.html (588 words)

	Grassland Birds \| Mass Audubon
		By the 1800s, grasslands were widespread in the Northeast, as land was cleared for pastures and hayfields, and grassland birds undoubtedly benefited from this expanded habitat.
		In the early 20th century, changes in agricultural technology, movement of farms to the west, and an increase in human population in the Northeast caused a decline in the quantity and quality of grasslands for wildlife.
		Bobolinks, eastern meadowlarks, and savannah sparrows are reliant on the remaining hayfields and pastures for their survival.
	www.massaudubon.org /Birds_&_Beyond/grassland/index.php (1728 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - vesper sparrow
		MSN Encarta - Search Results - vesper sparrow
		Vespers (Latin vesperae, “of the evening”), part of the daily series of nonsacramental services of prayer in the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern...
		Sparrow, common name originally given to about 23 species of a family of passerine birds found in Eurasia.
	encarta.msn.com /vesper_sparrow.html (123 words)

	WAGAP Bird Maps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Vesper Sparrow is common in steppe habitats with a lush cover of native grasses; and agricultural areas of eastern Washington.
		This Sparrow is rare and local in western Washington in remnant prairie areas.
		The Vesper Sparrow is fairly adaptable, breeding in native shrub-steppe habitats or in small patches of unplowed grass and shrubs among extensive agricultural fields.
	www.fish.washington.edu /naturemapping/maphtml/bpoogr.html (258 words)

	Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge
		This recommendation is based partly on the deduction that ground nesting birds of concern, including upland sandpiper, short-eared owl, vesper sparrow, Savannah sparrow, grasshopper sparrow, Henslow's sparrow, bobolink, and eastern meadowlark, present distraction displays in response to predators near their nests.
		Contrastingly, Roberts also states that vesper sparrows more commonly fly "directly away, low over the ground." Berger states that female vesper sparrows will respond to humans near nests with young by running along the ground conspicuously, with tail spread and wings raised.
		Baird (1968) and Welsh (1975) indicate that breeding Savannah sparrows are tolerant of human disturbance near the nest.
	www.fws.gov /northeast/shawangunk/cd.htm (7147 words)

	15 sparrows, etc. HBSP to NW Ohio 5/10
		With this in mind I swung by North Chagrin Reservation and found a territorial junco for sparrow (yes, they are sparrows) number 12.
		Vesper sparrow is fairly common around NW Ohio but I had no particular place where I knew I could find one.
		I knew of a site in Richland County where I could probably get Henslow's sparrow, but Williams County was a more reasonable drive at this point, and I was running out of daylight.
	lists.envirolink.org /pipermail/ohio-birds/2003-May/000157.html (671 words)

	Birds of Nova Scotia - Vesper Sparrow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Remarks This grayish brown, rather large member of its subfamily seldom comes to a feeding tray in winter but often is seen feeding on weed seeds in roving bands of Dark-eyed Juncos and Tree Sparrows.
		Its outstanding field mark is the white on the outer feathers of its tail, conspicuous in flight.
		Usually seen at low elevations, the Vesper Sparrow's favourite perch is a fence rail or post, from which the clear, pure and plaintive notes of its lovely song are impressive, especially when heard close at hand on a calm evening in early spring.
	museum.gov.ns.ca /mnh/nature/nsbirds/bns0365.htm (428 words)

	John Burroughs and the Vesper Sparrow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		What Burroughs observed about this sparrow, and what he chose to and pass along to his readers was not always the expected.
		For present purposes, only that part of the report which describes a surprising attraction of the lark to a resident vesper sparrow need be quoted.
		As one progresses through the volumes and becomes increasingly familiar with Burroughs' attraction to the bird, it is not too difficult to accept, uncritically, attributions by others that Burroughs was responsible for the popular common name vesper sparrow.
	www.johnburroughs.org /food/vespersparrow/vesper_main.htm (314 words)

	John Burrougs on The Lark and the Vesper Sparrow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		What was especially interesting was that the lark had "singled out with affection" one of our native birds, and the one that most resembled its kind, namely, the vesper sparrow, or grass finch.
		But the sparrow was shy, and evidently did not know what to make of her distinguished foreign lover.
		It was doubtless this obstinacy on her part that drove the lark away, for, on the fifth day, I could not find him, and have never seen nor heard him since.
	www.johnburroughs.org /food/vespersparrow/vesper_lark.htm (305 words)

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