Lincoln’s Sparrows

Melospiza lincolnii

Lincoln’s Sparrows are medium sized sparrows with dark-streaked olive-brown upperparts with light brown breasts with fine streaks, white bellies, and white throats.

World Sparrow Day 2022

By |2023-11-06T03:43:33-07:00March 20th, 2022|Categories: American Tree Sparrows, Antelope Island State Park, Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, Birds, Box Elder County, Brewer's Sparrows, Chipping Sparrows, Daggett County, Dark-eyed Juncos, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area, Green-tailed Towhees, Harris's Sparrow, House Sparrows, Lark Buntings, Lark Sparrows, Lincoln's Sparrows, Morgan County, Sagebrush Sparrows, Salt Lake County, Savannah Sparrows, Song Sparrows, Spotted Towhees, Stansbury Mountains, Summit County, Tooele County, Utah, Vesper Sparrows, Wasatch Mountains, White-crowned Sparrows, White-throated Sparrows|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Today is World Sparrow Day and since I love all of the sparrows on the planet I thought I'd share some of the sparrows I have photographed in North America.

I’m Just Mad About Sparrows

By |2023-03-07T09:34:15-07:00September 8th, 2020|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Brewer's Sparrows, Lincoln's Sparrows, Savannah Sparrows, Utah, Vesper Sparrows, White-crowned Sparrows|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

I had a great time photographing all of the sparrow species I saw two days ago and I could have stayed with them all morning long. I might do just that later this week.

Lincoln’s Sparrow on Fragrant Sumac in Early Morning Light

By |2023-12-12T09:21:53-07:00September 23rd, 2018|Categories: Birds, Box Elder County, Lincoln's Sparrows, Utah|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Right now Lincoln's Sparrows are moving to lower elevations and migrating south so I see more of them during the fall and early winter than any other time of the year here in Utah.

Quartet of Sparrow Species

By |2023-09-16T04:30:24-06:00December 15th, 2014|Categories: American Tree Sparrows, Antelope Island State Park, Birds, Davis County, Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area, Lincoln's Sparrows, Song Sparrows, Utah, White-crowned Sparrows|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Lately I've been able to photograph 4 different sparrow species between Antelope Island State Park and Farmington Bay Waterfowl Management Area.

Lincoln’s Sparrow in Montana

By |2020-09-08T15:21:36-06:00July 17th, 2012|Categories: Birds, Lincoln's Sparrows, Montana, Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |

This Lincoln's Sparrow was photographed last month at Red Rock Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, the spring green leaves in the distant background sure don't compete with the subtle beauty of this sparrow.

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