Chipping Sparrow
Spizella passerina · New World Sparrows
The Chipping Sparrow sings a dry, trilling song that sounds like a tiny sewing machine. Often found foraging on the ground or in low shrubs, it is a common sight in suburban gardens and open woodlands. Its neat, rusty cap and clear breast are distinctive.
Migrant14 cmTrilling songSeeds & insects
1 call·first heard Aug 21·last 5d ago
When it's heardpeak 7a · summer
5a12p9p
How to know it
- Rusty cap, white eyebrow, black eye-line.
- Unstreaked grey breast and flanks.
- Thin, buzzy, mechanical trill song.