Learn 15 Common Sparrow Songs (Eastern North America)

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  • Sparrows can be difficult to identify, especially when they are hidden by branches or grasses. Thankfully, they can also be identified by their song. Learn how to identify 15 sparrows of Eastern North America by song.
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  • @BadgerlandBirding
    @BadgerlandBirding  Рік тому +11

    Note: House Sparrows are no longer considered weaver finches. They’re a member of the Old World Sparrows now.

    • @thelavens8330
      @thelavens8330 11 місяців тому +3

      House sparrows have always been true sparrows (defined as genus Passer and close relatives), it's just that where their group best sits within the perching birds has changed. True sparrows have never been weaver finches any more than new world sparrows have been buntings.
      Fantastic video otherwise

    • @CHIBItheSPARROW
      @CHIBItheSPARROW 8 місяців тому

      @@thelavens8330
      Came here to say this exact thing :)
      And I agree, great video.

  • @sanctusthree
    @sanctusthree Рік тому +12

    I just heard a white throated sparrow outside my window and felt compelled to try to look up its song to identify it. Thanks for the great info!

    • @loveiconartshop
      @loveiconartshop 3 місяці тому +4

      Me too! It’s the most beautiful song!

    • @HaloHighlightz
      @HaloHighlightz 3 місяці тому +3

      I’m here because of the white throated sparrow as well

  • @redactedredacted8434
    @redactedredacted8434 3 місяці тому +7

    White throated sparrow! I heard it's song and had to look it up. It sounded like someone was whistling a song. Thanks

  • @RoyceMarcus
    @RoyceMarcus Рік тому +13

    Sparrows always tricky! But easy to recognize the winter White Throated Sparrows - one of my favorite winter birds.

  • @midnightcoffee6463
    @midnightcoffee6463 3 місяці тому +5

    I had a musical session with a couple of White-Throated Sparrows earlier today

  • @QuickWorksBeauty
    @QuickWorksBeauty Рік тому +5

    The white throated sparrow. So that’s who sings that song! Thanks for clearing this up for me!!! Been trying to figure it out forever!

  • @BK-db3gc
    @BK-db3gc Рік тому +14

    Thank so much. Identification by song or call is hard to learn. Your segments focusing on aural birding are a big help. Just learning the correct vocabulary used to accurately describe bird sounds is an important part of the learning process. Much appreciated, thanks.

  • @JD27770
    @JD27770 Рік тому +15

    Just getting in to birding and you’re my favorite channel so far!

    • @muttleyinlove8648
      @muttleyinlove8648 Рік тому +2

      These guys do produce excellent videos. I have learned a lot from them. Enjoy your birdwatching!!

  • @BarbaraM-lv7pe
    @BarbaraM-lv7pe 15 днів тому

    Thank you so much for the Sparrow series. I used to hear a musical call 50 years ago in the spring. It always made me smile, as I knew pleasant weather was coming. I’m in central MD and grew up on a creek on the western shore of the Bay. I wondered if it was a Bachman’s sparrow (it was not) or another threatened species because I only heard it for a few springs as a child and never heard it again 😔. I’d lived in that house for over 25 years, so had been listening a while.

  • @hibbs1712
    @hibbs1712 2 місяці тому

    I’ve got a few different flocks of house sparrows that come through and also a duet of cardinals but the White Crowned Sparrow I saw today was amazing. Beautiful and striking crown. I’ve been hearing their songs in the evening too, so it was nice to see their song and face together in this video :)

  • @nancywhite2014
    @nancywhite2014 Рік тому +5

    Excellent instructional video! Several of these species are in western New York. Some of my favorites are the juncos, chipping sparrows and song sparrows. Thanks for sharing the variety of sparrow calls.

  • @lvelez1999
    @lvelez1999 Рік тому +3

    Sparrows are my favorite birdies

  • @lyndastarorypinski6671
    @lyndastarorypinski6671 Рік тому +3

    This is an excellent podcast very easy to learn from. Thank you!

  • @MelanieCorrigall
    @MelanieCorrigall 3 місяці тому +1

    I've been hearing a call I haven't heard before for days now. Figured it was a sparrow of some type, but which one! Your video reminded me of seeing a white crowned sparrow a while ago, and confirmed it's ID. Thanks for helping solving the mystery!

    • @BadgerlandBirding
      @BadgerlandBirding  3 місяці тому

      You’re welcome! Glad you were able to figure it out!

  • @halvor5887
    @halvor5887 Рік тому

    Thank you for the great video. Extremely informative. I’ve heard many of these calls for decades and this helped me understand the species that makes each vocslization.

  • @janeenpfeiffer3465
    @janeenpfeiffer3465 Рік тому +3

    I think I mostly recognize the tree sparrow. Thanks for this video, it helps!!

  • @BeastOfTraal
    @BeastOfTraal Рік тому +2

    birds tend to studded "drink your tea tea tea tea tea'

  • @timetomakevideos844
    @timetomakevideos844 Рік тому +1

    Geard the White Throared Sparrow on the Newfoundland Island so i would whistle back to it and it responded back and forth several times

  • @boodling
    @boodling Рік тому +2

    Thank you for the pictures of the 15 different sparrows and the distinctive beautiful music they make. I enjoyed them immensely. At least, maybe, 3 or 4 of those sounds can be heard every morning in our backyard. I have one that built a nest under what used to be a healthy, robust, special variety of Begonia with ivies around it. It had hatched its 5 eggs four days ago (8 July 2023); I was hoping I could send you two 30-sec videos and maybe you could help me identify it. Unfortunately, I don’t know how to upload it on this medium. Going back to my Begonia, it is shriveled, thin, and fast drying because I stopped watering and fertilizing it almost a month now… since we noticed 2 birds building a next under it. Again, thank you for educating me, and God bless you abundantly above what you can ask or imagine!

  • @debcard1136
    @debcard1136 Рік тому +1

    Phenomenal. Thank you so much!!

  • @gargould7186
    @gargould7186 3 місяці тому +1

    I had a Towhee on my deck last week on the first week of April in Sand Lake, Michigan. Still waiting for my Orioles to show up because they hang around every spring and summer. The Juncos just love peanuts when you break them up into pieces but they will be leaving soon too Canada I suppose

  • @Beryllahawk
    @Beryllahawk Рік тому +1

    I've heard the Towhee! Still not sure if I've seen him though.
    It makes me smile and then kind of wonder "why" - so many creatures in marshy areas seem to sound kind of alike... Both the Swamp Sparrow and the Clay Colored Sparrow honestly sound almost like crickets or frogs (the smaller frogs that're common in my area, anyway). This is really helpful!

  • @loveit7484
    @loveit7484 Рік тому +1

    Great Video. Heard this was northern birfs. Was so surprised to
    I D the sound of the Harrison Sparrow here in SW.

  • @thetraveler2561
    @thetraveler2561 Рік тому +1

    Many sparrows here in Illinois and in our backyard....they are little eaters...I tell you...seen a Junco the other day!

  • @Zamarae
    @Zamarae 2 місяці тому

    1:43 Yes! I’ve heard sparrows very similar to: White-Throated Sparrow “Oh Sweet, Canada, Canada” but in California--and shorter “Oh sweet, Caaan”
    I live in Texas now and realized I hadn’t heard this and came looking for answers and got them

    • @BadgerlandBirding
      @BadgerlandBirding  2 місяці тому

      You may have actually been hearing Golden-crowned Sparrows in California! They’re more like “I’m sooo tired”. That could be the abbreviated song you heard

  • @lvelez1999
    @lvelez1999 Рік тому +3

    Praise God \○/ Gorgeous

  • @Ovenbirder
    @Ovenbirder Рік тому +3

    House Sparrows are actually members of the old world family of “true” sparrows, Passeridae (not weaver finches). Our “new world” sparrows belong to family Passerellidae and are “technically” not sparrows but are (depending on your perspective) only named as such because of their resemblance to the old world “true” sparrows. Rather, they are more closely related to old world buntings.

  • @lindap9079
    @lindap9079 Рік тому +1

    I live in the PNW so most of these sparrows are not commonly seen, but I'm going to use this video to help on my next visit to the east. Thank you.

    • @juanitakelly3082
      @juanitakelly3082 Рік тому +2

      I've actually seen quite a number of these in the PNW. I'm in the Olympia, WA area.

    • @llchristison
      @llchristison Рік тому

      Me too and I’m a Western Washington native

  • @SuperMarlene333
    @SuperMarlene333 3 місяці тому +1

    Thank you so much. I look at them as invasive species and they finish and prevent other birds from getting food because they are too many. However ,my friend told me to watch on UA-cam what happened after China killed all their sparrows . Now , watching these videos made me appreciate them more with their songs.

    • @BadgerlandBirding
      @BadgerlandBirding  3 місяці тому +1

      In the United States the only invasive Sparrow in this video is the House Sparrow

  • @lvelez1999
    @lvelez1999 Рік тому +1

    God bless

  • @fishnsyd
    @fishnsyd Рік тому

    Just saw my first chipping sparrow yesterday!

  • @shaungoldneru3276
    @shaungoldneru3276 10 місяців тому

    Cet oiseaux je crois de la famille d'ortolan aussi il s'appelle '' ortolan musicien ou chanteur'' il a un très bon chant. Merci Ben de votre exposé et explications.

  • @oli_vvk1453
    @oli_vvk1453 3 місяці тому +1

    The white crowned sparrow sounds very different on the west coast. The first note is about the same but the rest is much simpler than the eastern one

  • @NortheastTubas-zg1ot
    @NortheastTubas-zg1ot 5 місяців тому +1

    I often get the songs of Chipping Sparrows, Pine Warblers, and Dark-Eyed Juncos mixed up

    • @BadgerlandBirding
      @BadgerlandBirding  5 місяців тому

      Those are all tricky ones! I think of the junco as more “fluttery”, and the Chipping Sparrow more “mechanical” than the Pine Warbler which is more “insect-like”

  • @karenfoley6455
    @karenfoley6455 Рік тому +1

    Have a bird song I can't identify for about 3 years.how do I send my recorded video to you🦋

    • @BadgerlandBirding
      @BadgerlandBirding  Рік тому

      You can email us at Badgerlandbirding@gmail.com and we’ll do our best

  • @thisisme4829
    @thisisme4829 Рік тому

    I've been watching your videos trying to find a bird with a call I hear all the time near my house. I can't seem to find it. It starts with a low note goes high then ends low our mid and sounds like a whistle. It's only three notes. I thought it might be a sparrow, but none of them quite match.

  • @Tigerpuffer
    @Tigerpuffer 9 місяців тому

    I wont hold it against y'all that you left out the best of them all - the lark sparrow!

  • @nourahbinshember2147
    @nourahbinshember2147 2 місяці тому

    😍😍😍😍😍♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

  • @MsDee_777
    @MsDee_777 Рік тому

    We only get House Sparrows & White Crown Sparrows.

  • @trucksddm2152
    @trucksddm2152 4 дні тому

    What sparrows are called?
    Male & Female

    • @BadgerlandBirding
      @BadgerlandBirding  4 дні тому

      @@trucksddm2152 what do you mean? Normally just male and female sparrow. They don’t have different names that I know of such as drakes for male ducks

  • @Grace-pp3dw
    @Grace-pp3dw Рік тому

    26 The Praise the Lord 86 John 3:16

  • @Grace-pp3dw
    @Grace-pp3dw Рік тому

    26 the praise the Lord 86 John 3:16

  • @danfridenstine5751
    @danfridenstine5751 2 місяці тому

    Why is the narrator's voice loud yet the bird voices are inaudible?

  • @deborahkogan8742
    @deborahkogan8742 Рік тому

    House Sparrows aren't weaverbirds any more. They are in Passeridae.

  • @snowyowl5556
    @snowyowl5556 Рік тому +5

    "House sparrows aren't true sparrows" yes, they're trash birds 😈

    • @MsDee_777
      @MsDee_777 Рік тому

      😂😮😂😮😂😮