Ep. 266 : Getting to know Song Sparrows
I have been excited about Song Sparrows (Melospiza melodia) for a while. Theirs was one of the first complex songs I learned to identify, and being such a common neighbour on the landscape it’s hard to go a few days without hearing them, even in Winter, but especially in the Spring.
While out today, I came across a couple Song Sparrow tracks in the silt newly laid down by the receding Eramosa River flood waters and it pricked my interest to dig in a little deeper to this common figure in my life.
To learn more :
Song Sparrow tracks on Inaturalist
Bird Tracks and Sign by Mark Elbroch and Eleanor Marks. Stackpole Books, 2001.
Bird Song : Identification Made Easy by Ernie Jardine. Natural Heritage, 1996.
Peterson Field Guide to North American Bird Nests by Casey McFarland, Mathew Monjello & David Moskowitz. HMH, 2021.
Baby Bird Identification : A North American Guide by Linda Tuttle-Adams. Cornell University Press, 2022.
Birds of Forest, Yard, & Thicket by John Eastman. Stackpole Books, 1997.