Rare Chipping Sparrow Sighting In Bermuda

This Chipping Sparrow — a rare visitor to Bermuda — was spotted this morning [Apr. 14] while the Bermuda Audubon Society checked bluebird nest boxes at Government House.

Described as a “crisp, pretty sparrow whose bright rufous cap both provides a splash of color and makes adults fairly easy to identify”, Chipping Sparrows are common across North America wherever trees are interspersed with grassy openings.

Their loud, trilling songs are one of the most common sounds of spring in American woodlands and suburbs.

The Chipping Sparrow is partially migratory, with almost all mid-latitude and high-latitude breeders withdrawing in winter to the southern United States and Mexico.

On the wintering grounds and during migration, Chipping Sparrows are gregarious, forming tight flocks with other Chipping Sparrows or loose assemblages with other species such as Eastern Bluebirds and Pine Warblers.

– Photograph courtesy of the Bermuda Audubon Society

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