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House Sparrow Click on picture to hear bird sounds.	Bird Name: House Sparrow
	Field Marks: The House Sparrow is a commom city bird with a thick heavy bill. The female's plumage is plain brown on top and lighter below. The male is more colorful than the female. It has a reddish-brown back and wings. In summer, its throat and upper chest are black, but in winter, only its bib is black. You will notice a white wing bar on both the male and female
	Feeder Food: Cracked corn, seeds
	Natural Food: Grains, seeds, insects
	Behavior: The House Sparrow will eat the bulk of the seeds in your feeder. You are likely to see small flocks of them near fast food restaurants. It will also remove the eggs of other birds or kill nestlings. Call: chir-rup

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Sources:

Alden, Peter and Brian Cassie, National Audubon Society Feild Guide To New England, New York: Alfred A.Knopf, 1998.

Dawe, Neil and Karen, The Bird Book, New York: Workman Publishing, 1988.

Elliott, Lang, Know Your Bird Sounds (cassette), Minocqua, WI: NorthWord Press, Inc., 1994.

Forbush, Edward Howe, Birds of Massachusetts, Norwood, Massachusetts: Norwood Press, 1929.

Reed, Chester R., Bird Guide: Land Birds East of the Rockies, Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1951.

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