Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Three large flocks of Dickcissels of around 300 birds each were feeding on the wheat. Gently rolling hills at the interface of the Blackland Prairie and Lampasas Cut Plain vegetational areas at 160 m (525 ft) elevation. Converted to cropland (wheat field) in...
My lifer Dickcissel (#520), one of several seen that day at Reservoir Ridge Natural Area while visiting Fort Collins, Colorado with some coworkers (who went on a brewery tour while I was birding). The species is not normally found this far west, but luckily in 2017 they were.
Dickcissel (Spiza americana) Male, species sexually dimorphic. Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge, near Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA. Mixed grass prairie with granitic uplifts and outcrops. Elevation ranges from ca. 462 m 1(,400 ft) in the prairies to 756 m (2,479 ft) at the...
I came back to this gravel road with my car window mount where I had recently seen my first Dickcissel. A unique photo session followed with the perfect model, singing then turning and singing some more. Even though I have already submitted three other images of this bird, I chose this for the...
I don;t usually post more than a couple pics of the same bird but this session was unique. I noticed all the birds in the area were feeling the heat and I had consumed a quart of water. Reviewing the more than 150 Dickcissel pics I had taken and having posted 2 from the beginning of the last...
Yesterday a couple miles from my current favorite birding site I finally got a positive ID so today packed my car window support and went searching (and you know how that usually goes). I wasn't let down though and managed several sessions with this wonderful bird - its declining numbers will...
I know this is not the best shot I've ever taken but I found this little guy today in some farmland and close to a river. I believe it's a Dickcissel but I'm not sure. Everything fits except I can not tell if there is yellow on the breast.
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