Description: This bird has a long, rounded tail which it pumps in flight. Brown breast streaks merge into a large central dot. Its back is uniformly brown and its head is often streaked with grey.

Range: Alaska and Canada to central Mexico.

Habitat: Found in thickets, marshes and along roadsides. Also common in gardens.

General: The bird nests in hedges and is easily attracted to feeders with bird seed.

Bovey, Robin, Campbell, Wayne, and Gates, Brian. 1989. Birds of Victoria and Vicinity. Lone Pine Publishing. Edmonton, Alberta.

Peterson, Roger Tory. 1990. Peterson Field Guides: Western Birds. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York, New York.

Udvardy, Miklos D. F. 1994. National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds: Western Region. Chanticlear Press, Inc. New York, New York.

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