White-throated Sparrow

Description: 6-7", white throat, dark crown with white or buffy central stripe, yellow dot in front of eye, white or buffy eyebrow, upperparts streaked, underparts clear gray	Habitat: Northern coniferous forests and clearings, bushy openings and undergrowth in woodlands, gardens, parks, feeders, hedgerows, shrubby pastures, brush piles, cattail marshes.
Nesting: 4-5 pale green eggs,Nests in dense brush especially where near open clearing, nest built of grass, twigs, rootlets, shredded bark	Range: Breeds from Alaska, Manitoba to Mexico, winters in eastern and southern U.S.
Voice: Song often translated as "Old Sam Peabody, Peabody, Peabody" or "Sweet, sweet, Canada, Canada, Canada".	Diet: spiders, millipedes, insects, fruit, snails, grass and tree seeds

Notes: Common winter resident, roost as groups in dense cover around evening, often associates with other sparrows in winter.

When present in Oklahoma: late fall, winter