Song sparrow
Melospiza melodia

Size: 6 inches
Overall Color: brown and white
Occurrence: brush areas often near water
Diet: seeds, insects, fruit
Nest: cup on ground or in shrub to 4 feet
Field Identification: long rounded tail, grayish eyebrow, whitish throat, streaked whitish breast with central spot, brown crown with central stripe
Season: summer

Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: passeriformes
Family: 81 Emberizidae (sparrows,juncos,towhees,some buntings)
Genus: Melospiza
Species: melodia