Birds Observed at Our Pleasant Hill, Oregon Home

Location in Oregon
Blue is Winter range - Red is Summer range
Purple is Year-round range - Yellow is Migration range

Chipping Sparrow

Spizella passerina - Common on lawns or sparse grass under scattered trees. In winter it flocks with other sparrows in hedgerows and weedy fields. Black bill and very white eye stripe separate spring adults from other rusty-capped sparrows. Song is of rapid chips, 5-9/min.