lincoln's sparrow

Lincoln’s Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii lincolnii) John James Audubon named the Lincoln’s Sparrow after his friend Thomas Lincoln who shot the bird on an expedition with Audubon to Nova Scotia in 1834.

Lincoln’s Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii lincolnii)

And the last of the sparrows from our trip.

Another birder at Bodega Head that day tipped me off that he'd just seen his first Lincoln's Sparrow of the season - somewhere amidst the White-crowneds in this shrub. So I looked them over carefully for one that looked different, and suddenly there he was :D

Lincolns Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii subsp. alticola) Sexes similar. South Padre Island Convention Center, South Padre Island, Cameron County, Texas, USA. Barrier Island, small coastal woodland adjacent to Laguna Madre at ca. 2 m (6.6 ft) elevation.

Lincolns Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Sexes similar. Striping the seeds from Annual Bluegrass (Poa annua: Poaceae). Camelot Park, Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, USA. Open Park setting at the edge of remnant gallery woods in a low area at ca. 91 m (300 ft) elevation.

Lincolns Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii subsp. lincolnii) Photographed in W. A. Page Park, Salado, Bell County, Texas, USA. Creekside, open park setting with scattered pecan trees along Salado Creek at ca. 177 m (580 ft) elevation.

Not a great photo, but since I have never seen one before I had to post him/her.

Lincolns Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) Sexes similar. Photographed in an urban setting with the surrounding area being over grazed desert grassland of the Chihuahuan Desert with scattered cacti and desert shrubs at ca. 1,239 m (4,060 ft) elevation. Marathon, Brewster County, Texas, USA.

A better take on the breast's color and pattern.

I don't see this one very often, like twice.

I had this one looked at by the ID forum since it would be a lifer.

This bird was singing from dwarfed black spruce trees in wooded shrub heath vegetation at Orono Bog, Maine.

I was over the moon and doing a happy feet dance all at the same time last week when I finally got some pictures and got a confirmed ID on this sweet little bird. (thanks to all the great folks on the ID forum here) I'd noticed this unusual looking sparrow around since December but thought it...

I have a couple dozen Chipping Sparrows still hanging around this Spring, but yesterday, I observed this Lincoln's Sparrow amongst them feeding on the ground below one of my feeders.

This image was shot in ambient light. There is considerable amount of cropping (about 70%): I think it speaks well for the resolution for 8 megapixels. However, it must be noted that the image is shot in RAW, processed in TIFF @ 16bit. All work in CS2 was done in non-destructive adjustments. Had...

The blue Elderberries in the back ground are the same berries the bird is perched on: it is just, obviously enough, that these are not ripe yet. The berries can be tasty, with a mild sweet flavor. They are a favorite with many of the passerine birds that come through; also a favorite amoung many...

New bird for the list. About 9200 ft. elevation. The habitat was montain; the slopes where the bird was sighted is steep, very brushy.