Field Sparrow Princeton Audubon Limited Edition - Posters and Prints
Spizella pusilla Flora: grass-pink, Calopogon tuberosus, and a blueberry, probably Vaccinium vacillans Print size: 26 1/4" x 39 1/4"; image size: 11 1/2" x 18 1/2" Produced 1985 - Princeton Audubon Limited Edition This print was based on a painting dated July 11, 1829, the day on which the artist left Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey, after a visit of four weeks. Audubon wrote of it: "Travelling from Egg Harbor towards Philadelphia, I found a nest of this species placed at the foot of a bush growing in almost pure sand. Near it were the plants which you see accompanying the figure." A pink bill and plain breast are characteristic field marks of this bird, and the term "field" is a bit misleading as it is rarely seen in cultivated fields, but rather in woodland borders or old pasture lots growing up with weeds and bushes. It is a persistent singer and from a singing perch, usually atop a bush or small tree, it sends forth its clear, sweet, and melancholy notes.
221139 - -