Song Sparrow

The Song Sparrow is a very common bird in the Lower Mainland, particularly in thickets, grassy fields and woodland edges, and backyard feeders.  They are primarily ground feeders, eating fallen seeds.  They are not shy of humans and are easily seen singing from a perch at the top of shrubbery.  As the name suggests, their songs are pretty, beginning with three or four loud notes.  Their song varies widely between individual birds as well as locations.  This track consists of songs obtained from four locations -- Coquitlam, Tynehead Regional Park, Burnaby Lake, and Reifel Bird Sanctuary – with a short pause between them.