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A Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) rests in the shrubs along the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatchewan Landing Provincial Park, Saskatchewan, Canada.
23 May, 2016.
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The nestlings keep begging and the parents keep foraging. This one has a few bugs and will soon head down to the nest in long grass on the ground.
Shot with my iPhone 8 Plus.
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Everywhere I look, I seem to find things that capture my attention. Although the vibrant flowers in the garden were enchanting, I found myself unable to quit looking into the eyes of this clay face. The longer I looked, the more I was sure I would see a smile appear. "The word 'listen' contains the same letters as the word 'silent.' "
Alfred Brendel
They are known for their buzzy insect-like song which they sing from bushes usually along the margins of open fields
Their breeding habitat is shrubby open areas and jack pine woods across central Canada and central northern United States east to the Great Lakes, and is expanding further eastward. The nest is an open cup on the ground or low in a shrub.
These birds migrate in flocks to southern Texas and Mexico.
(Wikipedia)
La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Turdus grayi (Clay-colored Thrush / Mirla parda)
The Clay-colored Thrush’s range just reaches the United States, in southernmost Texas, but elsewhere it ranges south through eastern Mexico and over much of Middle America to northwest South America, in Colombia.
It is the national bird of Costa Rica, where it is well known as the "Yigüirro".
At least nine subspecies are generally recognized, although geographical variation between them is generally rather minor, involving slight differences in overall coloration in most instances.
neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/...
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They are so common here that I take them for granted. Two days ago I met a birder from Nova Scotia who came here specifically to see this one among other bird species they don't see on the east coast. A look at a breeding range map shows that they are not common at all east of the Canadian prairie regions and south of the most northern central US states.
I posted a link to their song for my contacts who live in places where they don't see or hear them.
Big Lake Interpretive Trail. Parkland County, Alberta.
Another wet sparrow drying off after a dip in the pond. Photographed in the same place that the previous post of the Lincoln's Sparrow was taken.
They are known for their buzzy insect-like song which they sing from bushes usually along the margins of open fields
Their breeding habitat is shrubby open areas and jack pine woods across central Canada and central northern United States east to the Great Lakes, and is expanding further eastward. The nest is an open cup on the ground or low in a shrub.
These birds migrate in flocks to southern Texas and Mexico.
(Wikipedia)
The Clay-colored Sparrow’s buzzy song is a signature sound of the vast shrublands of the northern prairie and Great Plains. Though they’re not brightly colored, their pale tones and overall clean, crisp markings help set them apart from other sparrows. Their numbers have slowly declined over the past 40 years.
Clays Corner, the FORMER HOME OF The Possum Drop was an annual New Year's Eve event in which an opossum is lowered at midnight. The event began in 1990 in Brasstown, North Carolina and was held for 24years it ended in 2018 ...PITA made a fuss eventhough someone reportedly took good care of the possums (we never went to them)
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- Review of Clay's Corner by ...
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Just an old fashioned gas station - It is a quaint spot just down the road from the John C Campbell Folk Center . The real fun is on Friday night when people gather for mountain music in the back room of the ole general store
Romans 9:21 “Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?”
Hey guys,
So, for all of you who don't know, while my favorite birds are the Spoon-billed Sandpiper and Northern Saw-whet Owl, my favorite family of birds are sparrows. Within this family, the Clay-colored Sparrow ranks high on my list. I know this isn't the best photo of one, but this bird has been a photographic nemesis of mine for about 2 years now, and it was a HUGE success for me to be able to get photos of this guy yesterday!
well, off for shorebirds,
Jonah
I favor Clay-colored vs. Chipping because markings show pale lores & brownish rump. - Columbus, Ohio
Though we found a number of colorful birds during our recent travels along the Texas coast, we also encountered our share of brown feathered feathered friends. Starting with yesterday's post of the clapper rail I'll present a few of these brunette birdies.
From the Audubon Field Guide: "From eastern Mexico to northern Colombia, this plain gray-brown thrush is very common in lowland habitats, including parks and gardens. In recent years it has become a regular visitor to southernmost Texas, especially in winter, and it has even nested there a number of times. It was formerly called Clay-colored Robin."
We saw a few of these thrushes during a previous visit to the Rio Grande Valley a few years ago but I didn't manage any decent shots. So I'm fairly pleased to get this one.
This came second in the current Found Objects Exhibition at the Decagon Gallery www.decagongallery.com/found-objects
I made the faces from clay & cast them in plaster. They were burnt black in the studio fire in 2019, so I left them outside in the rain which has cleaned them up nicely.