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Got my first sighting and shot of a Savannah sparrow this year a few days ago. Always nice to get some variety from the resident Winter sparrows!
Was out at Jackson Bottom a few weeks ago, and got some nice shots of this perched Savannah Sparrow.
Not as good a pose as yesterday, but I really liked the background here-- piles of grass that had been blown flat. Riverlands MBS
From an elevated position we had a wonderful view over the savannah of northern Namibia with a beautifully coloured evening sky.
A lovely little sparrow, soon to be headed north for breeding season. Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary in West Alton, Missouri
Singing his little heart out! Taken north of Calgary, Alberta.
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This species was named by Alexander Wilson for the town of Savannah, Georgia.
The Savannah Sparrow is widespread and abundant in open habitats throughout North America although, like other grassland sparrows, it is often overlooked because of its secretive habits. During the breeding season its persistent buzzy song can be heard in agricultural fields, meadows, marshes, coastal grasslands, and tundra. Insects and other arthropods are its main prey in summer; in winter and on migration its diet shifts to small seeds found on the ground. Most populations are migratory, although salt marsh populations breeding in the southwest are mainly resident. As in many passerines, annual mortality of adults is about 50%. Adults tend to reoccupy the same breeding site, and in island populations birds commonly return to their natal site. Such strong philopatry has resulted in reproductive isolation and substantial geographic variation; 17 subspecies are currently recognized, including the Ipswich Sparrow, which breeds on Sable Island, Nova Scotia.
They are back! That time of the year again. I found this one and a lot of other ones along Joe Overstreet Road, in Osceola County, Florida.
A Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) belts out its song from a typical prairie landscape perch near Beaverhill Lake east of Tofield, Alberta, Canada.
15 May, 2017.
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Une des deux lionnes de l'Atlas du Parc zoologique de Paris en mode sieste.
Bon dimanche
Happy Sunday
Bull St. is one of the major north to south thoroughfares in the historic district of Savannah, GA. Forsyth Park sits at its southern terminus. The walkway seen here extends from the end of Bull St. into the park, ending at the beautiful fountain, which the city fathers planned as a copy of one on the Place de la Concorde, in Paris. I took this picture with a Leica M2, 35mm f/2 Summicron, and Kodak Tri-X.
Spring comes back again
and the earth is like a child
who knows poems by heart.
- Rainer Maria Rilke
For Smile on Saturday and to wish you a great weekend 🌸
Always great to see the first migratory sparrow summer residents make their way back here to breed.
Murray Marsh. Sturgeon County, Alberta.
Most of my Savannah Sparrow shots have fence posts and wires as part of the setting. I like this one against the Willows.
Big Lake Interpretive Trail. Parkland County, Alberta.