American Tree Sparrow (Spizelloides arborea).

The quintessential winter sparrow and a reminder that, even after the leaves have fallen and the prairies turned gray and brown, there’s wildlife to hear in Illinois. 

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The following Cornell Lab | Macaulay Library recordings were used in this episode: 

• American tree sparrow song by Leonard J. Peyton (ML509476) 
• American tree sparrow "tink" call by Curtis Marantz (ML509483) 
• American tree sparrow "tchew" call by Wil Hershberger (ML509480) 

The following Xeno-Canto recordings were used in this episode: 

• American Tree Sparrow flock calls by Paul Driver (XC157759) 

Sources and more: 

• https://xeno-canto.org/157759 
• https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/american-tree-sparrow 
• https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Tree_Sparrow 
• Beadle D, Rising Jim. 2002. Sparrows of the United States and Canada : the photographic guide. San Diego: Natural World. 
• Godfrey, Michael A, John Farrand, and Roger Tory Peterson. Videoguide to the Birds of North America. New York, N.Y: MasterVision, 1985. Film. 
• Peterson, Roger Tory, and Virginia Marie Peterson. A Field Guide to the Birds: A Completely New Guide to All the Birds of Eastern and Central North America. Fourth edition, completely revised and enlarged. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1980. Print.