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Lark Sparrow
This past fall I've decided to concentrate my birding on sparrows in Florida.  We have three sparrows that are extremely common this time of year: Savannah, Chipping and Swamp Sparrows. I have seen and photographed these more times than I can count. Happily, Eastern Towhees can be found here all year round. But aside from these four, sparrows here can be somewhat of a challenge. Here's my progress so far.  I'm including photos of a couple sparrows (Lark and Bachman's) that I happened to find before this past fall.

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Bachman's Sparrow
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Clay-colored Sparrow
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Nelson's Sparrow
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Grasshopper Sparrow
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Vesper Sparrow
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Le Conte's Sparrow
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Lincoln's Sparrow
I see Song Sparrows very infrequently, and I've seen one White-crowned Sparrow and one Saltmarsh Sparrow, but I have no decent photographs of these species yet.  I'm still hoping to find a Fox, Henslow's, Field,White-throated and Seaside Sparrow in Florida. Hopefully they will make their appearances before all the sparrows leave.

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  1. Sounds like a fun project...don't forget Henslow's! I've only seen Saltmarsh once myself, I need to rectify that.

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  2. Ooh! I've been looking for Henslow's, but no luck yet. I can't believe I forgot to add that to my list!

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  3. You are spoiled with Sparrows Scott! Great shots. I can get lost for hours studying the LBJs

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