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Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca)
Above and below: A migrant Fox Sparrow visits our yard in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (3/7/2009).
Red Fox Sparrows
Listen to audio - Fox Sparrow singing (Somerset Co., Maryland, 11/19/2009)
Below: Photo taken in Dorchester County, Maryland in January 2005. (White-throated Sparrow in foreground.)
Thick-billed Fox Sparrows
Below: "Thick-billed" Fox Sparrows near Mount Pinos, California (10/1/2011).
Below: The songs of Fox Sparrows were the soundtrack of our Mount Shasta ascent (7/6/2011).
Below: An intense performance from a Fox Sparrow on Mount Shasta, California (7/6/2011).
Comments: Red (Taiga) subspecies. In my opinion, the Fox Sparrow is one of the most attractive of all our sparrow species. Here in Maryland, they are winter residents found in woods and scrub habitat. We are near the northernmost part of their winter range.