Female greater prairie-chickens find center-pivot irrigation offers a place to escape the attention of the males. April 30, 2019 Female greater prairie-chickens find center-pivot irrigation offers a place to escape the attention of the males. I love hearing the plaintive whistle of the white-throated sparrow. The furtive Lincoln’s sparrow often goes unnoticed. Pity — such a pretty bird. A cardinal’s preferred habitat is on a Christmas card. A white-throated sparrow whistles “Old Sven Peterson, Peterson, Peterson” when it’s in Minnesota. The handsome, little Lincoln’s sparrow was named after Tom Lincoln, a son of a friend of Audubon. The chipping sparrow chooses to trill more like an insect than like Elvis Presley. ← When you have a yard full of Virginia waterleaf, you spend a lot of time looking at Virginia waterleaf.Swamp sparrow →