Chipping Sparrow
(Spizellapasserine)
Photographed in the wild, Tucson, Arizona Apr 2010
A crisp pretty sparrow whose bright
rufous cap provides a splash of color and makes adults fairly easy to identify.
They are also the only sparrow possessing a gray rump.
Chipping Sparrows are common across
North America wherever trees are interspersed with grassy openings. Their loud,
trilling songs are one of the most common sounds of spring woodlands and
suburbs
Chipping sparrows are ground foragers
feeding on insects, spiders, and seeds. They form small flocks and may join
mixed-species
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