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Field Sparrow

Spizella pusilla

Photo by joanbstanley
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Description:

Medium sparrow, rufous back with dark streaks, unstreaked, buff breast. Gray-brown rump. Gray head, rufous cap, and white eye-ring. Pink bill, legs and feet. Forages on ground or low shrubbery. Short flights, alternates rapid wing beats with brief periods of wings pulled to the sides.

Habitat:

Wildlife habitat yard.

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