Friday, May 1

House Sparrow

The House Sparrow "song" is a repeated chlip chlip (male, April, PA).











The extended chatter is typically given by females (June, PA).











The cheep of a male can also be heard (according to BNA females do not often cheep).










A different, clearer cheep by a male (May, PA).













Another example of "cheep", which can sound similar to the House Finch (Jan, PA)



Another call by a male, "ch-ree" (Apr, PA).












An agitated male near its nest-site, with 3 different calls (May, PA).

chur









chips at 10s, notes similar to the female chatter call on sonagram






shorter churs at 35s










A harder sounding chur, from a bird deep in a bush (Jan, PA).











A descending chip (sex unknown)(June, PA).

1 comments:

ANudge said...

Glad I found your blog. I have a multitude of birds around our house, but have no idea what they are. Here is the chorus I hear most mornings. http://quiltingreadersgarden.blogspot.com/2011/05/morning-chorus.html
Could some of these be sparrows?

from the west coast.