ChrisShannen2000
Lincoln's Sparrow
The Lincoln's Sparrow is an eponymous sparrow, but I don't put it in contention for the Big Four (see previous four posts). It is more commonly seen as it breeds across the near entirety of Canada and migrates through the entirety of the United States. while it mostly breeds in Canada, it also nests and raises young from Idaho down to Arizona.
Allaboutbirds.com states that the Lincoln's "tend to sing in pines along the edges of meadows or in low willow thickets." That is exactly the circumstances in which I found this guy: on pine next to an expansive swath of willow thickets in early morning.
The sixteenth president of the United States is surely the most famous Lincoln. This bird, though, was named after Audubon's travel mate Thomas Lincoln who secured a specimen while the two were birding in Quebec. A fun fact from allaboutbirds.
Lincoln's Sparrow
The Lincoln's Sparrow is an eponymous sparrow, but I don't put it in contention for the Big Four (see previous four posts). It is more commonly seen as it breeds across the near entirety of Canada and migrates through the entirety of the United States. while it mostly breeds in Canada, it also nests and raises young from Idaho down to Arizona.
Allaboutbirds.com states that the Lincoln's "tend to sing in pines along the edges of meadows or in low willow thickets." That is exactly the circumstances in which I found this guy: on pine next to an expansive swath of willow thickets in early morning.
The sixteenth president of the United States is surely the most famous Lincoln. This bird, though, was named after Audubon's travel mate Thomas Lincoln who secured a specimen while the two were birding in Quebec. A fun fact from allaboutbirds.