song sparrow
noun
: a North American sparrow (Melospiza melodia of the family Passerellidae) that is brownish above and white below with brownish streaks on the breast and that has a melodious song
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Their dense, mounded shape provides excellent nesting habitat for robins, song sparrows, cardinals, brown thrashers, indigo buntings, and catbirds.
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Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2024
Expect to see resident birds such as the black phoebe, Cassin’s kingbird, California and spotted towhee, song sparrow and red-tailed, red-shoulder and Cooper’s hawks.
—Kim Janssen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
The bird is a song sparrow.
—Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2022
The marsh-loving song sparrow uses its beak to stay cool.
—Joseph Castro, Discover Magazine, 29 July 2011
For one thing, in this study, there was only about a twofold difference in relative brain size between the species with the largest brain—the song sparrow—and the one with the smallest—the Swainson’s Thrush.
—Shahla Farzan, Scientific American, 25 Apr. 2022
The song sparrow will return and sing, the frogs will awake, the warm wind will blow again.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
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Anne Readel, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Aug. 2024
Expect to see resident birds such as the black phoebe, Cassin’s kingbird, California and spotted towhee, song sparrow and red-tailed, red-shoulder and Cooper’s hawks.
—Kim Janssen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
The bird is a song sparrow.
—Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2022
The marsh-loving song sparrow uses its beak to stay cool.
—Joseph Castro, Discover Magazine, 29 July 2011
For one thing, in this study, there was only about a twofold difference in relative brain size between the species with the largest brain—the song sparrow—and the one with the smallest—the Swainson’s Thrush.
—Shahla Farzan, Scientific American, 25 Apr. 2022
The song sparrow will return and sing, the frogs will awake, the warm wind will blow again.
—Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
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