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Song Sparrow |
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Melospiza melodia |
| Description: 6", common, heavy streaked underparts, large central spot on breast, pumps flight in tail, crown reddish-brown with central gray stripe, gray eyebrow | Habitat: Common in woodland edges, weedy fields with brush nearby, brushy thickets, gardens, cattail marshes, along country roads, hedgerows, pond edges, streams lined with brushy cover. |
| Nesting: 3-6 brown-spotted pale green eggs, nest built on ground or low bush made of grass, twigs, rootlets, shredded bark, lined with hair and concealed with weeds | Range: Breeds from Alaska, Manitoba to Mexico, winters primarily in western U.S. but abundant in all 50 states |
| Voice: Song consists of three short notes Madge-Madge- Madge put on your teakettle | Diet: spiders, bugs, insects, fruit, fresh leaves, crustaceans and mollusks near coast |
| Notes: Most variable North America bird with 31 subspecies, common, well-known North American bird |
| When present in Oklahoma: late fall, winter |