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Learn how to identify Dickcissel, its life history, cool facts, sounds and calls, and watch videos. A sparrow-like bird of the prairie grasslands of the United States, the Dickcissel congregates in huge flocks in migration and on its tropical grassland wintering grounds. ... Dickcissel Photo...
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Dickcissel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The male Dickcissel is similar in pattern to the meadowlark but is much smaller with a thicker bill. The female Dickcissel is similar to the female House Sparrow but has larger, pale bill. Often, the female or immature Dickcissel has yellow in the face, rusty shoulders or streaked flanks that the House Sparrow lacks.
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Named for the distinctive, incessant song of males, Dickcissel is a characteristic bird of the farmlands of the Great Plains. The exact location of this ...
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May 3, 2009 ... Saw our first Dickcissel washing itself on the shore of the Blanco river 5-1-09. Solitary bird which is apparently unusual. ...
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Dickcissel: Medium, stocky, sparrow-like bird with dark gray back, head, and black-streaked shoulders. Gray face, yellow eyestripe and breast. V-shaped bib is black and underparts are white. Wings are brown. Feeds on grains, seeds and insects. ... The Dickcissel has a large range, estimated globally at 3,500,000...
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Formerly common in farming regions of the eastern states, especially on the Atlantic coastal plain, the Dickcissel disappeared from that region by the middle of the last century and is now most numerous in the Midwest.
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Description: 6" male like a miniature meadowlark (yellow breast with black V) but has heavy bill and chestnut wing patch, female much like female House Sparrow, but some narrow streaks along sides, and yellowish throat and breast ... Habitat: Weedy fields and meadows, ... Voice: song sounds like dick-dick-cissel,
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