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lincoln's sparrow

  1. Lincoln's Sparrow

    Lincoln's Sparrow

    A fairly common winter visitor and migrant in Texas. They prefer wet weedy fields but are shy and rather elusive. The buffy coloration across the chest is a helpful field mark. The similar Song Sparrow is better known and more widespread, but does not normally occur in southern Texas.
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    • Category: North America
  2. Lincoln's Sparrow

    Lincoln's Sparrow

    Lincoln’s Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
    • Stanley Jones
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    • Category: North America
  3. Lincoln's sparrow

    Lincoln's sparrow

    I quite like the look of this sparrow with the coffee-colored wash on its chest and face. Second only to the lark sparrow in terms of beauty, in my opinion.
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    • Category: North America
  4. Lincoln's Sparrow

    Lincoln's Sparrow

    This bird has an odd duck-like appearance that folks in the ID forum attributed to an immature status. It was found in the same patch of brambles as Fox, Song, and White-crowned sparrows.
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    • Category: North America
  5. Lincoln's Sparrow

    Lincoln's Sparrow

    Fairly common winter visitors and migrants in Texas, they prefer wet weedy fields. Their shy habits make them rather elusive but the buffy coloration across the chest is a helpful field mark. The similar Song Sparrow is better known and more widespread, but does not normally occur in southern Texas.
    • jmorlan
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    • lincoln's sparrow melospiza lincolnii texas usa
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: North America
  6. hojpoj

    Is this a Lincoln's Sparrow?!?!

    This seems like a rarer sparrow than the usual fare. Is it indeed a Lincoln's? Found at the Bolsa Chica Wetlands in Orange County, CA. Thanks!
  7. Lincoln's Sparrow

    Lincoln's Sparrow

    Lincoln’s Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii)
    • Stanley Jones
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    • bell county lincoln's sparrow lions club park melospiza lincolnii temple texas usa
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    • Category: North America
  8. Lincoln's Sparrow

    Lincoln's Sparrow

    This species breeds in Boreal regions of North America and winters south to Middle America. They winter fairly commonly in Texas where they prefer wet weedy fields. However its shy habits make it more elusive compared to the similar and more familiar Song Sparrow. Lincoln's Sparrow is more...
    • jmorlan
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    • Category: North America
  9. Lincoln's Sparrow, Camelot Park.jpg

    Lincoln's Sparrow, Camelot Park.jpg

    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.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • bryan camelot park lincoln's sparrow melospiza lincolnii texas usa
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: North America
  10. Lincoln's Sparrow.jpg

    Lincoln's Sparrow.jpg

    Lincoln’s Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii lincolnii)
    • Stanley Jones
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    • Category: North America
  11. Lincoln's Sparrow

    Lincoln's Sparrow

    And the last of the sparrows from our trip.
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    • Category: North America
  12. Lincoln's Sparrow

    Lincoln's Sparrow

    • knnthdhrvy
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  13. My first Lincoln's Sparrow

    My first Lincoln's Sparrow

    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
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    • Category: North America
  14. Lincoln's Sparrow

    Lincoln's Sparrow

    • peterday
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  15. Lincoln's Sparrow

    Lincoln's Sparrow

    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.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • cameron county lincoln's sparrow melospiza lincolnii south padre island subsp. alticola texas usa
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    • Category: North America
  16. Lincoln's Sparrow

    Lincoln's Sparrow

    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.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • Category: North America
  17. Lincoln's Sparrow

    Lincoln's Sparrow

    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.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • Category: North America
  18. New 2 Me

    New 2 Me

    Not a great photo, but since I have never seen one before I had to post him/her.
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    • Category: North America
  19. Lincoln's Sparrow

    Lincoln's Sparrow

    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.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • brewster county lincoln's sparrow marathon melospiza lincolnii texas usa
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    • Category: North America
  20. Lincoln's Sparrow

    Lincoln's Sparrow

    A better take on the breast's color and pattern.
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    • Category: North America
  21. Lincoln's Sparrow

    Lincoln's Sparrow

    I don't see this one very often, like twice.
    • tetoneon
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    • Category: North America
  22. Lincoln's Sparrow

    Lincoln's Sparrow

    • jascha777
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  23. Lincoln's Sparrow

    Lincoln's Sparrow

    I had this one looked at by the ID forum since it would be a lifer.
    • tetoneon
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    • Category: North America
  24. Lincoln's Sparrow MAINE SER

    Lincoln's Sparrow MAINE SER

    This bird was singing from dwarfed black spruce trees in wooded shrub heath vegetation at Orono Bog, Maine.
    • rdavis
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    • lincoln's sparrow maine orono bog usa
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: North America
  25. New Garden Bird

    New Garden Bird

    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...
    • Deanneart
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