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Swamp Sparrow

Melospiza georgiana

Photo by Tom15
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Field Notes

Description:

Small songbird.
Unstriped gray chest.
Reddish cap during breeding; streaked, with gray central stripe when nonbreeding.
Reddish wings.
Whitish throat and belly.
Gray face and sides of neck. [Cornell]

Habitat:

The simple trills of the Swamp Sparrow ring in spring and summer across eastern and central North America. Its name is appropriate, as it does live in swamps, but it can be found in a wide range of other wetland habitats too.

Reference Links:

Swamp Sparrow, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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Comments (1)
Fyn Kynd
Nice! They should be getting to my local swamp any day now.

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Birds - Northeast US
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PublishedApril 12, 2013

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