Clay-colored Sparrow
| Spizella pallida | Order: Passeriformes | Family: Emberizidae (Buntings and New World Sparrows) |
Spizella pallida
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Emberizidae (Buntings and New World Sparrows)
This handsome little sparrow is found in open areas with small conifers. The steady buzz song is easy to recognize, once you stop filtering it out as an insect.
Laura's Published Works
Radio Programs
- Recognizing Sparrows, Part 2: Unstreaked Sparrows 2022
- Spring Update 2020
- Crex Meadows and the Great Wisconsin Birding and Nature Trail 2004
- Le Conte's Sparrow 2003
- Sparrows 2002
- Familiar Places and Bluebirds (Robert Frost's Fragmentary Blue) 2001
- Deer feeding on songbirds 2000
- Roller Blading Birder 1995
- Sparrows 1990
- Evocative Bird Songs 1988
- A Walk along the Western Waterfront Trail 1986