Today’s bird

Black-chinned Sparrow

Spizella atrogularis

Family: New World sparrows

Black-chinned Sparrow is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.

Did you know

  1. Adults continue to feed the fledglings for several weeks after they leave the nest.

  2. It is an omnivore, feeding primarily on seeds during the winter and insects during the summer.

  3. The female does most or all of the egg incubation, but both parents feed the hatched nestlings.

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