Posts Tagged ‘savannah sparrow’

Trident

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

A savannah sparrow sings at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge

I thought my best chances for seeing savannah sparrows singing in the meadows was over but this lovely little bird proved me wrong. It had been a slow start to the morning and it wasn’t until I heard the songs of this sparrow that I took my first pictures of the day.

It turned into a bonanza day for pictures, full of not just this savannah sparrow but song sparrows, marsh wrens, red-winged and yellow-headed blackbirds, and one very accommodating treefrog.

It’s All Relative

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

Savannah sparrow singing at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge

Savannah sparrows like to sing from a high point in the meadow, but high is a relative term. On a day when the grass is low, this blackberry stalk was sufficient, even though the stalk was itself less than a foot above the ground.