White-throated Sparrow

Uploaded on Feb 10, 2010

Perhaps of the most beautiful sparrow song of all is that of the White-throated Sparrow, a handsome species that breeds in northern areas where spruce and fir trees abound. The song of the male is simple yet elegant. It is composed of clear, pure whistles. There is usually a noticeable pitch change at the beginning of each song (after the first or second note) and most songs end with two or three triplets—whistles that are composed of three obvious pulses.

Individual males sing only one stereotyped song pattern, and neighboring males may sing noticeably different songs. The cadence of one common song pattern is revealed by two popular memory phrases: My Sweet, Canada, Canada, Canada and Old Sam Peabody, Peabody, Peabody.

The video footage was gathered in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York. The setting was an open parkland dotted with patches of Balsam Fir and Black Spruce.

© 2010 Lang Elliott & Bob McGuire
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Uploaded on May 15, 2011

White-throated Sparrow singing from a spruce in Maine.

Published on Oct 19, 2013

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The call of the White throated sparrow -- Oh sweet Canada, Canada, Canada, or old-sam, peabody, Peabody, Peabody-- brings with it such an amicable whistle, that it is no wonder it goes so harmoniously with the peaceful expanse of Canada's boreal woodlands. You could even say, and many do, that the White-Throated sparrow's call has become an anthem for the untouched regions of the boreal wilderness. I couldn't imagine a summer morning/evening's stroll through the forest without hearing the memorable White-throated sparrows song.

Uploaded on Jul 11, 2011

Another video of a white-throated sparrow singing in the Miane forest.

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Uploaded on Oct 13, 2009

Photographed at Grand Forks, North Dakota (12 October 2009)