Bird of the Week – Song Sparrow
The Song Sparrow is one of the most diverse and widespread songbirds in North America, with 24 diagnosable subspecies (52 named) breeding from Newfoundland to the Aleutian islands here in Alaska and south to central Mexico. Coastal southcentral Alaska is the northerly limit of its breeding range.
Song Sparrow, Copper River Delta, Alaska
Individuals vary 150% in body mass over this range—the largest subspecies breed in beach grass in the Aleutians, the smallest in California salt marshes. The species commonly seen in mainland Alaska is at the larger end of the size spectrum. While the species generally winters in the western states, birds regularly over-winter in southeastern Alaska and Kodiak Island. They are a tough little bird.
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One of my favorite birdees! So cute.
Happy Easter.little song sparrow dude.
Along with their toughness..comes a willingness to sing..through so many of lifes concerns, tribulations..and then..jus fer the hell of it! We have them..and since I was a pup..my father cherished..taking food bits out to the woodshed..and having them come to his glove..and snack a little. Their nesting patterns..have always kept a strong ..closeness..to the house, shrubs and of course the woodshed. They’s family..for sure.
I love these lil boogers. And tough is right!