Field Sparrow – 4/28/26

Observer: Paul Lauenstein

Observation Date: 4/28/26

Observation Time: 11:00 a.m.

Observation Location: Moose Hill Farm (The Trustees of Reservations

Common Name: Field Sparrow

Scientific Name: Spizella pusilla

Comments: Field sparrows have a relatively long tail, a thin white eye ring, and a distinctive pinkish conical bill. They have a gray face and a rust-colored cap. However, the best way to tell them apart from other sparrows is their song, an accelerating trill reminiscent of a bouncing ping-pong ball.

I found this one in the scrubby habitat underneath the high-tension lines near Moose Hill Farm.

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