Yellow Eyebrows
The yellowish spot over the eye marks this little windblown creature as a Savannah Sparrow, so named because the naturalist
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Savannah Sparrow
Conservancy Annual Report
The Chavez Park Conservancy has released its Annual Report 2019. A PDF copy is attached. The report covers activities by
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Savannah Sparrow is Back
The ranks of the migrant sparrows returning to the park grew with the appearance of this Savannah Sparrow on the
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Saved from Mower
The Red-winged Blackbirds and Savannah Sparrows nesting in the tall vegetation south of the Flare Station got a commutation of
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Special Sparrow
I filmed the birds in this video in the unmowed tract of tall vegetation south of the flare station. See
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The Uncommon Common Sparrow
According to the Audubon bird website, this sparrow is “abundant and widespread.” The Cornell bird lab website seconds the motion,
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Savannah Sparrow Preening
The yellow eyebrows mark this sparrow as a Savannah male. He’s preening in the bushes up north in the Nature
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The Savannah Sparrow
I’ve seen her or him twice before in recent weeks, always in the same low brushes between the North Basin
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Low Tide is Meal Time
At 6 pm today wide stretches of mud lay exposed along the park side of the North Basin. The low
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Peckers and Shovelers
Just a week ago I wrote that it’s a lucky day for a photo taker to get a Great Egret
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