Bird of the Week #16

This weeks Bird of the Week is American Tree Sparrow!

American Tree Sparrows have a reddish-brown stripe just behind the eye as well as a cap, back and wings of the same color. The face and belly are gray, with a small, black spot on the chest. The bill is also multicolored. The bird's plumage looks duller in winter. It lives in woodlands and eats seeds and insects.

American Tree Sparrows breed in northern Canada and Alaska, and winter over much of the Lower 48 and parts of southern Canada. They can be found in pockets around NYC, such as Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, or Great Kills Park in Staten Island. In Central Park, there has been one consistently visiting the bird feeders for more than a week, along with the continuing Chipping Sparrow, Common Redpoll, and a recently arrived Pine Siskin.