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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: Shortsighted on May 16, 2025, 01:21:24 PM

Title: A couple of less common sparrows
Post by: Shortsighted on May 16, 2025, 01:21:24 PM

My two nemesis sparrows are Field sparrow and Clay-coloured sparrow.  I've seen the former a few times but never managed a good photograph.  I've yet to encounter a Clay-coloured sparrow, or (until yesterday) a Grasshopper sparrow, among others bordering on rare.  One of the first sparrows I ever photographed was the Savannah sparrow (using a point-and-shoot camera) but the habitat that those sparrows were working has since been eradicated by progress.  Since that time I've only seen a Savannah maybe once, or twice.  Yesterday I finally got a DSLR-quality picture, albeit a Dx sensor version of this sparrow, as well as a Grasshopper sparrow. 


(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-cB3w95q/0/MxQp7MmMN47QKTzPQnF3tPpMZsbQBJrbPwG2xJj55/M/Savannah%2Cbetter%2Ccropped-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-cB3w95q/A)
Savannah sparrow ... note yellow lore

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-MLpJN9Q/0/KXbVDwz8X4Kf4WqsTqmzmBNxfkprJ765K9nRNQm2b/M/Grasshopper%20sparrow%2C2%2Ccropped-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-MLpJN9Q/A)
Grasshopper sparrow

(https://photos.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-4dcgds3/0/K9JqN3P8X8RTwKZWGZCwSjrQdNb73BhGpVzws37c9/M/Grasshopper%20sparrow%2C3%2Ccropped-M.png) (https://steinphotography.smugmug.com/Outdoor-Ontario/Outdoor-Ontario/i-4dcgds3/A)
Grasshopper sparrow ... note rusty to orange lore

Title: Re: A couple of less common sparrows
Post by: Dr. John on May 18, 2025, 09:57:06 AM

Congrats on the grasshopper sparrow. I have only ever seen one on the Carden Alvar years ago.