Song Sparrow

The Music of Nature proudly presents "Song Sparrow," a video portrait featuring several singing Song Sparrows, gathered in the countryside around Ithaca, New York. Song Sparrows are winter residents here and their bright carols are often heard on cold, clear mornings in late winter. Males continue singing well into the summer months.

© 2010 Lang Elliott

[Janadu]

For years this little bird has been waking me up and I never knew it was a sparrow, let alone a song sparrow. Mystery solved. Thank you so much for posting this. Now if the little fellow would only let me

[GLING]

Right now there’s a beautiful little Song Sparrow living in the tree next to my house so I am being serenaded quite often! He has a pretty song to share! ❤️

[raindancer]

I hear this beautiful song every morning just before I leave for school. I never knew it was a song sparrow!! So cute :)

[dianeberk]

Beautiful, clear pics of the birds. Great for putting sounds to actual birds. Thanks

[davidawelty]

What demented sad creatures thumbs down contributions like this??? Thank you for these sir!!

[lizzieorlowski]

One of the most underrated little birds! ♥

[skeladud]

I've been searching for this for about a year now. I'm so glad I found it, now I can listen to what I used to every morning where I used to live.

[BigBrotherMateyka]

When you hear these guys, you know Spring has rolled into town.

[lauradwyer]

I fed this bird over the winter. She has a nest near where I fed her now. I love her voice

[brucestewart]

Thank you for producing this video. Sparrows are greatly overlooked in the bird world. There are many kinds and some are very interesting.

[mikearreola]

This is the song of Spring along with the American Robin that lets us know Spring is coming soon!
I’m in Washington now but I miss the sound of mockingbirds I grew up hearing in the SF Bay Area. I heard them again when I was in Florida.

[shad]

It's amazing how birds have such consistency in their song

[CliftonBritt]

After the Recent Thunderstorms/Tornadoes came; The next Morning the First thing I saw and heard was two sparrows singing to each other in my backyard. I took it as a lesson to be Grateful that the same God that watched over those two sparrows had protected us. Matthew 10:29-31, John 3:16 Thank you for posting.

[lexinaut]

Such a quirky song! These birds make me giggle. It sounds like a Bronx cheer in the middle.

[claudias]

So grateful that God made such beautiful creatures. Thank you for sharing.

[catkeys]

Most of the time you hear birds that you don't see, so it's important to understand that you could be listening to maybe 4 or 5 different songs, and be listening to the same bird. When I was kid, I didn't realize this, but I eventually figured it out by observing robbins (they're quite common on Long Island), and I noticed that robbins have at least 4 or 5 different songs. Song sparrows are also common here, but, for whatever reason, they seem to be hiding whenever they sing (possibly because of their smaller size), so I wasn't as sure about the song and visual association. This video solved that problem. The songs this bird is singing on this video are songs I'm quite familiar with- I hear them all the time; have suspected they were from sparrows, and now I know they ARE- thanks!.

[lolstrass]

I love it every morning they come on my window and sing i can see them really close it's amazing
I'm lucky :)

[c.underhill]

Thank you, what a wonderful beautiful bird call. I love sparrows and they are sociable little birds 😍

[TennilleE]

I had one in my yard this morning singing happily and it made me happy. Couldn't think of what it was called so this video solved that mystery for me. Thanks!

[darwinoo]

My dad and I actually saved a song sparrow trapped in our deer net. It was tangled inside who knows how. I remember me holding it by it's feet with my fingers and my dad carefully cutting it away from the net. Afterward, instead of flying away, it stuck with us, atop my dad's finger. He said I could keep the bird if I found a big enough box. My family recycles a lot so there wasn't a big enough box so we let the bird go free. I remember when my dad held it to the ground so it could run off but instead it stayed on his finger. It even went on my finger and let us pet it. That bird was a song sparrow. I saved that Song Sparrow song 2 or 3 years ago (probably 2), but I still hear it's call. I wonder if that bird's offspring is calling me.