Local Birding Report
Lincoln's Sparrow, plate by John James Audubon
Audubon, Birds of America, plate 193, as “Lincoln Finch”
Songbirds

Lincoln's Sparrow

Melospiza lincolnii
“Highlights included a Northern Harrier coursing low over the fields, countless Yellow-rumped Warblers, and four sparrow species: White-throated, Ipswich, Song, and Lincoln’s. Lincoln’s Sparrows are subtly elegant songbirds with finely streaked buffy chests, gray faces and delicate mustache stripes.”
October 22, 2025 · Read the column
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Jun 2, 2021

Also, on May 14 I spotted an elusive Lincoln’s Sparrow singing its wren like song below the Pond Cove pedestrian bridge.

Oct 22, 2025

Highlights included a Northern Harrier coursing low over the fields, countless Yellow-rumped Warblers, and four sparrow species: White-throated, Ipswich, Song, and Lincoln’s. Lincoln’s Sparrows are subtly elegant songbirds with finely streaked buffy chests, gray faces and delicate mustache stripes.