. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). THE SONG SPARROW Arthur A. Allen Surely the Song Sparrow is one of Nature's greatest successes. No adverse circumstances have been able to daunt this hardy adventurer. So versatile is he, that he has adapted himself to all sorts of conditions and few are the places on this continent where some one of his kind cannot be found. No chill of cloud or ra
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). THE SONG SPARROW Arthur A. Allen Surely the Song Sparrow is one of Nature's greatest successes. No adverse circumstances have been able to daunt this hardy adventurer. So versatile is he, that he has adapted himself to all sorts of conditions and few are the places on this continent where some one of his kind cannot be found. No chill of cloud or rain can check his cheerful voice. Even darkness itself can but conceal the singer whose merry notes often break the midnight silence or add to the nocturnal chorus. Wherever there is a clump of bushes into which he can dive for protection from cat or hawk, we may hear his happy voice. It may be in our very barn- yard or it may be in the thickets bordering the forest, for nearly every- where he is one of our most abundant birds. Perhaps you do not know thfe Song Sparrow by this name or cannot, at present, even recall his song. The boys sometimes call him " bushbird " or " longtailed groundbird," but Song Sparrow is the preferred name. Surely you have seen the little brown bird sitting on fence rail or bush top pouring forth his vivacious notes and diving into cover at your approach. Some birds fly up and away, depending for safety upon flight; but never so with the Song Sparrow. Always singing from an exposed perch, he depends for safety upon cover and flies into the nearest bush, pumping his tail, up and down, as he goes. Unlike the Vesper Sparrow, the Song Sparrow is seldom found in the open field and his nest, when placed on the ground, is always con- cealed b}'' overhanging grass. Very often, however, the nest is placed in a low bush, so concealed by leaves and branches that one must actually get inside of the bush to find it. All year long the Song Sparro
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