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posted March 28th, 2011; last edited March 28th, 2011 –– David Sibley

Identifying subspecies by behavior – Savannah Sparrow

Among the Savannah Sparrows seen at Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in spring 2007, the local breeders were slightly paler, grayer, and less yellow, and were acting territorial, singing from grass stems; while migrants bound for points farther north were darker and slightly rustier, with more yellow on the face, and were acting like migrants and [...]

posted May 14th, 2009; last edited April 9th, 2010 –– David Sibley

Identification of Belding's Savannah Sparrow

In early March 2009 it was my pleasure to spend a few days in California at the San Diego Bird Festival. On my first morning in San Diego I headed straight out to the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve hoping to spend a few hours studying Savannah Sparrows (who wouldn’t, right?). I had seen [...]