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Song sparrows will not nest in an artificial nesting box or a natural tree cavity. Instead, they build their own cup-shaped nests, picking a location close to ground level and sheltered from view by dense vegetation, shrubby branches or thick grass shoots.
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Song Sparrow pairs search for nest sites together. Nest sites are usually hidden in grasses or weeds, sometimes placed on the ground and occasionally as high as 15 feet; often near water. Not afraid of human habitation, Song Sparrows may nest close to houses, in flower beds.
The female builds the nest, working mainly during the morning. Females may start but then abandon 1 or 2 (rarely 3) nests before completing the nest that eventually receives eggs. For the first 4 days after hatching, the female closely broods the young.
In most areas, found in brushy fields, streamsides, shrubby marsh edges, woodland edges, hedgerows, well-vegetated gardens. Some coastal populations live in salt marshes. Nests in dense streamside brush in southwestern deserts, and in any kind of dense low cover on Aleutian Islands, Alaska.
The eggs of the song sparrow are brown with greenish-white spots. Females lay three to five eggs per clutch, with an average incubation time of 13–15 days before hatching. In the field, they are most easily confused with the Lincoln's sparrow and the Savannah sparrow.
The nest, built by the female Song Sparrow, is often built in old fields and brush areas. The female Song Sparrow lays 3-5 blue green speckled eggs and sits on the eggs for approximately two weeks. After the eggs hatch, both the male and the female Song Sparrow feed and care for the young.
Mar 2, 2023 · Nesting and Eggs. The female Song Sparrow starts to build her nest two to four weeks before laying her eggs. She uses bark strips, grass, twigs, rootlets, and other bits of vegetation to make an open, cup nest. She builds it on or near the ground in any number of spots where the nest can be hidden and protected from wind and rain.
