Seaside sparrow Ammodramus maritimus
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Length: 5.5 inches
Large, conical bill
Large, flat head
Short tail
Yellow lores
White throat with dark streak
Dark gray plumage with indistinct streaks on breast
Sexes similar ...
SEASIDE SPARROW
Photo Credit: Chandler Robbins
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Ammodramus maritimus (Wilson) ...
Seaside Sparrow
Ammodramus maritimus
As the name implies, the Seaside Sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus) is a bird of coastal marshland from New England south to Florida and west to south Texas.
Seaside Sparrows appear to be residents in the south, while northern breeders leave their wintering grounds as early as mid-April.
Seaside Sparrow
Last updated 4/20/96
A fairly common permanent resident of the spartina grass marshes of the UTC. Seaside Sparrow should be found oddly enough right on the seaside. In April and May the males will be singing and easy to locate.
Cape Sable seaside sparrows are dietary generalists, taking advantage of any food available as they forage low in the grass and on the ground. They feed on grasshoppers, caterpillars, beetles, spiders, and grass and sedge seeds.
Seaside Sparrow
Winter Sighting Information: occasional
Nest on or near Refuge? yes
Song Sparrow
Winter Sighting Information: common
Nest on or near Refuge? yes ...
Dusky Seaside Sparrow
Icteridae - Grackles
Grand Cayman Oriole, Icterus leucopteryx bairdi (Grand Cayman, West Indies, mid-20th century)
A subspecies of the Jamaican Oriole, last reliably recorded in 1938.
Scott's Seaside Sparrow and Wakulla Seaside Sparrow, which inhabit Gulf coastal marshes, are species of special concern. When mangroves overrun the grassy vegetation in these areas, the sparrows move on.
Photo-gallery: juvenile Seaside Sparrow (New York)
Single Image: Field Sparrow (New York)
Single Image: White-throated Sparrow (New York)
Photo-gallery: Savannah Sparrow (New Jersey)
Photo-gallery: Savannah Sparrow (New York) ...
SEA-SIDE FINCH.
[Seaside Sparrow (see also MacGillivray's Shore-Finch).]
AMMODRAMUS MARITIMUS, Wils.
[Ammodramus maritimus.] ...
Sparrow, Seaside Ammodramus maritimus Found: North America
Photographed by: 1) John A. Anderson 2) Dick Daniels in North Carolina 3, 4) P. W. Sykes of US Fish and Wildlife Service
3, 4) Dusky Seaside Sparrow Ammodramus maritimus nigrescens ...
Seaside Sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus)
Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana)
Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) ...
 See also: Sparrow, Bunting, Finch, Grosbeak, Song Sparrow
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