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Monday, February 1, 2010
Reflections of An Amateur Birder- American Tree Sparrow
Written By Lisa McGurk
We have been getting a cute little visitor to the Germantown Nature Center’s Window on Wildlife. It is taking me a while to learn the differences between sparrows, but my co-worker helped identify him as an American Tree Sparrow. American Tree Sparrows are small brown and white songbirds with a dark dot on a mostly white chest. I found some interesting information on them on allaboutbirds.org.
They eat nearly all animal matter in the summer, but eat only seeds and plant matter in the winter. According to Cornell Lab of Ornithology, American Tree Sparrows breed across a large expanse of northern Canada and Alaska. Another interesting fact about them is that they seem to prefer to look for predators out of their left eyes, while Dark-eyed Juncos seem to prefer their right eyes.
You can find more information on www.allaboutbirds.org. Come to the Window on Wildlife to test your “Sparrow Identification” skills.
