Savannah Sparrow
“The fragile grassland ecosystem of the island provides excellent breeding habitat for another bird that was in fine form, the Savannah Sparrow.”
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Year by year
Columns that mention it each year.
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On this same day I noted a small flock of Cedar Waxwings, a Swainson’s Thrush, a Savannah Sparrow, and a single Field Sparrow in our yard.
Migratory woodpeckers such as the Northern Flicker and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker numbers peak in April as do Brown Creepers, Eastern Phoebes, Winter Wrens, Brown Thrashers, White-throated Sparrows, Swamp Sparrows, and fleeting pass through migrants like Fox Sparrows and “Ipswich” Savanah Sparrows.
The fragile grassland ecosystem of the island provides excellent breeding habitat for another bird that was in fine form, the Savannah Sparrow.
And lastly on April 28 along the fringes of the Spurwink Cemetery I came across a single “Ipswich” Savannah Sparrow and separately two Savanah Sparrows.
Additionally, on September 10 across the rolling meadows of Maxwell Farm I noted large numbers of Savannah Sparrows.
I also spotted my first Brown Thrasher of the season crossing Two Lights Road and later that afternoon spied five Ruby-crowned Kinglets, two Savannah Sparrow, a Hermit Thrush and a single Eastern Towhee along the splendid little Greenbelt Trail tucked along the western side of the Riverside Cemetery.
Mixed in with these birds were three Savannah Sparrows.