Brewer's Sparrow

Brewer's Sparrow in Moraine Park.

NPS Photo / Rachel Ames

Size: 5-6”
Description: Dusky gray-brown with a streaked back and nape, grayish underparts, a thin white eye ring, and faint gray stripe over the eye.
Migratory Status: Summer residents of Rocky Mountain National Park.
Habitat: Breed in shrublands and alpine meadows to 10,000 feet.
Diet: Eat mostly insects that they glean from shrubs and on the ground.

 

• Brewer's Sparrow (song)

  
  

  Brewer's Sparrow song recorded in Upper Beaver Meadows in Rocky Mountain National Park. Note that a Western Wood-pewee can also be heard in the recording.

  Credit / Author:

  J. Job

  Date created:

  06/24/2015

  Audio Transcript

  Transcript due 4/1/2025

 

• Brewer's Sparrow (song)

  
  

  Brewer's Sparrow song recorded at the Beaver Ponds in Rocky Mountain National Park. Note that the a Red-breasted Nuthatch is the first bird in the recording.

  Credit / Author:

  J. Job

  Date created:

  05/30/2017

  Audio Transcript

  Transcript due 4/1/2025