Song sparrows prefer thickets, woodland edges, and weedy fields with brush nearby for cover.
Adults have brown upperparts and tails, with black and grayish streaks.
Their crowns are brown with narrow gray stripes and buff or grayish ear coverts and they have broad grayish stripes over their eyes. Song sparrows have whitish breasts streaked with dark brown or black, streaking also appears on the sides and flanks. Click here to hear their Song. Click here to hear their Call. They hide their nests on the ground under tufts of grass, brush, brush pile, or in low bushes or trees.