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Don’t miss this: The white-throated sparrow is making a brief appearance

April 10, 2020 by FHC 4 Comments

White-throated sparrow (photo by Wikimedia Commons user Cephas)

by Marlene Berlin

Early spring wildflowers are not the season’s only ephemeral beauties. The white-throated sparrow is visiting us for only a brief time.

It arrives in the early spring from the southern states and leaves for New England and Canada when the weather here gets too hot for it. I have heard one at various times when I am out in my backyard, when I wake up in the morning through the cracked window, and other times while walking the local streets of Forest Hills. This recording captures its song in my backyard.

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I also heard a different bird that seemed to be replying. Can you identify it?

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Comments

  1. Barbara Kraft says

    April 10, 2020 at 9:09 am

    Thank you so much, Marlene, for sharing the beauty of the white-throated sparrow. I heard it on Upton St. the other day.

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  2. Eldad says

    April 13, 2020 at 11:36 am

    beautiful bird! great singing! thank you Marlene for bringing it here.

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  3. Steve Chapman says

    April 15, 2020 at 11:21 am

    Thanks so much for solving a mystery.. Just before I saw this article, I was going to look through one of my bird books, or phone apps, to help identify a bird in our backyard that looks exactly like this with the distinct chevrons on each side of its head.

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  4. Terri Shaw says

    April 20, 2020 at 11:04 am

    Thanks for the very useful information

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