Black-chinned sparrow. Its crown is striped brown and black with a gray central crown stripe. The breast of the Song Sparrow is covered in heavy, thick streaking with a white base color. Each song starts off with 2 or 3 bell-like notes before bursting into bubbly trills and gurgles that rapidly change pitch. The best. document.write(today.getFullYear()); The dainty Lincoln's Sparrow has a talent for concealing itself. Periodic raffles. These sparrows breed in wet meadows filled with willows, alders, and sedges. In addition to a buffy breast, the Lincoln’s has a buffy eye-ring and malar. Jean and Craig Miller took a very nice collection of photos of the two species this morning that show these distinctive differences well. The color scheme of a Lincoln’s Sparrow is similar to that of a Song Sparrow. The phoebes and vireo were special birds this morning, but a Lincoln’s Sparrow captured on the same net run as a Song Sparrow was a great opportunity to see the two species side-by-side! Weekly uploads. Lincoln's Sparrows are secretive little birds that forage on or near the ground, rarely straying far from dense cover. The Lincoln's Sparrow is streaky brown, buffy, and gray overall with rusty edges to its wings and tail. Males sing a rich wrenlike song of trills, gurgles, and buzzes from exposed perches or tucked inside a shrub. (Photo by Jean Miller), Lincoln’s Sparrow – Note the fine streaks over light tan on the bird’s breast, but the very white belly. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), A Quick Summer Trip to the Sky Islands of Southeast Arizona, Morning on the Mountaintop: Bicknell’s Thrush Quest. Canyon towhee. The Lincoln's Sparrow streaking is finer in appearance. Abert's towhee. The song ends with a thin slurred trill as if the bird is running out of steam or perhaps running back into the willow thicket to hide. Overcast skies and a nice breeze made for a more relaxed morning of bird banding, but the flocks of White-throated Sparrows moving through kept us busy. Gray face, pale eyering, and very fine streaks on buffy breast are distinctive. Its face is marked by a buffy mustache stripe that is bordered by thin brown lines. In winter, they use tropical forests, pine-oak forests, tropical scrub, weedy pastures, and shrubby fields. Listen to more sounds of this species from the ML archive. Medium-sized sparrow with fairly small bill. At close range, fine dark streaks within the crown stripes also become apparent. The wren had actually been first captured and banded at our Botanic Gardens site, but this morning we re-caught it a quarter mile away in Big Hollow. Baird's sparrow. Larger than a Wilson's Warbler, smaller than a Song Sparrow. (Photo by Jean Miller), Lincoln’s Sparrow (left) and Song Sparrow (Photo by Jean Miller), Lincoln’s (left) and Song Sparrow tail comparision. During the breeding season, males sing either from exposed perches or tucked inside a shrub. Leave your comment. When it decides to pop up and sing from a willow twig, its sweet, jumbling song is more fitting of a House Wren than a sparrow. Its chest and sides are rich buff with fine black streaking that fades into a white belly. On closer inspection, however, they can easily be told apart from most angles. California towhee. – A nice comparison of fall sparrows by Anna Fasoli, Lincoln’s Sparrow – A short video clip of a Lincoln’s Sparrow by Drew Weber, Tags:Banding, Lincoln's Sparrow, Penn State, PSU, Song Sparrow, sparrow comparision, White-throated Sparrow, ©