Habitat : Open Woodlands
Food : Seeds
Nesting : Shrub
Behavior : Ground Forager
Conservation : Low Concern
"A crisp, pretty sparrow whose bright rufous cap both provides a splash of color and makes adults fairly easy to identify. 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."
- Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
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Tags: Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina 4516 Sparrow Bird Wildlife Nature Songbird Tyler Creek Rogue Valley Jackson County Oregon USA Mark Heatherington
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Cascade Mountains - Jackson County - Oregon - USA
Habitat : Scrub
Food : Omnivore
Nesting : Ground
Behavior : Ground Forager
Conservation : Low Concern
"The Spotted Towhee is a large, striking sparrow of sun-baked thickets of the West. When you catch sight of one, they’re gleaming black above (females are grayish brown), spotted and striped with brilliant white. Their warm rufous flanks match the dry leaves they spend their time hopping around in. The birds can be hard to see in the leaf litter, so your best chance for an unobstructed look at this handsome bird may be in the spring, when males climb into the shrub tops to sing their buzzy songs... Early in the breeding season, male Spotted Towhees spend their mornings singing their hearts out, trying to attract a mate. Male towhees have been recorded spending 70 percent to 90 percent of their mornings singing. Almost as soon as they attract a mate, their attention shifts to other things, and they spend only about 5 percent of their time singing."
- Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
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Tags: Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus Cascade Mountains Jackson County Oregon USA Mark Heatherington Towhee Bird wildlife nature
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Brown Acres - Jackson County - Oregon
Habitat : Forest
Food : Seeds
Nesting : Ground
Behavior : Ground Forager
Conservation : Low Concern
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Jackson County - Oregon - USA
Habitat : Grasslands
Food : Insects
Nesting : Ground
Behavior : Ground Forager
Conservation : Low Concern
"Savannah Sparrows are one of the most numerous songbirds in North America, and while sometimes overlooked, are likely visitors across the continent. In summer, they don’t hesitate to advertise their location, belting out a loud, insect-like song from farm fields and grasslands... Raising young is hard work: a female Savannah Sparrow must gather 10 times her weight in food to feed herself and her young during the 8 days they are in the nest."
- Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
Tags: Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Passeriformes Rogue Valley Jackson County Oregon USA Mark Heatherington
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Emigrant Lake - Jackson County - Oregon - USA
Habitat : Grasslands
Food : Insects
Nesting : Ground
Behavior : Ground Forager
Conservation : Low Concern
"Savannah Sparrows are one of the most numerous songbirds in North America, and while sometimes overlooked, are likely visitors across the continent. In summer, they don’t hesitate to advertise their location, belting out a loud, insect-like song from farm fields and grasslands... Raising young is hard work: a female Savannah Sparrow must gather 10 times her weight in food to feed herself and her young during the 8 days they are in the nest."
- Cornell University Lab of Ornithology
2213
Tags: Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis bird sparrow nature wildlife Emigrant Lake Jackson County Oregon USA Mark Heatherington
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