Song Sparrow

Song Sparrow at Sprague Lake.

NPS Photo / Rachel Ames

Size: 4.5-6.5”
Description: Streaked reddish brown overall with a white chest and flanks. The head is a mix of red-brown, slate gray and some white.
Migratory Status: Late spring and summer residents of Rocky Mountain National Park.
Habitat: Live in riparian shrublands and marshes to 9,000 feet.
Diet: Eat all types of insects and seeds that they forage from the ground and low bushes.

 

• Song Sparrow (song)

  
  

  Song Sparrow song recorded at Hollowell Park in Rocky Mountain National Park.

  Credit / Author:

  J. Job

  Date created:

  10/14/2020

 

• Song Sparrow (song)

  
  

  Song Sparrow song recorded on the Cub Lake Trail in Rocky Mountain National Park. Note that an American Robin and a Lincoln's Sparrow can be heard in the background.

  Credit / Author:

  J. Job

  Date created:

  10/14/2020