Hey Cliff, thanks for the confirmation. It was the only other sparrow I could find in my app that potentially sounded similar I thought too. I think the bird sounded more like the Grasshopper song, but since the Savannah is a possibility,
I’m not going to make a decision, lol. Interesting story, Alan… Best, JB
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Snowy Plover is still at Dry Lakes. Along with a Solitary Sandpiper in the mix.
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The Grasshopper Sparrow’s vocalization is very distinctive: tick, tick, tick, pizzzzzzzz
I recorded male Grasshopper Sparrows singing in a grassland seeded by strip-mining remediation in the old anthracite coal belt of northeastern Pa. Cassette tape deck. That dates me. ☺
Alan Gregory in Mountain Home
Does any other bird sound enough like a Grasshopper Sparrow to confuse the two?
I was in a grassy field near Lake Lowell and the song was very close to me, but I had no binoculars. Only my App to confirm sound. Thx… Jonathan
Just had a flyby of 2 Tree Swallows & a pr of Sandhill Cranes have been calling all morning from down by the Snake River, below home. Evening Grosbeaks are still coming to the feeders.
Also, of note, first Least Chipmunk of season is below feeder, picking out spilled black oil sunflower seeds.
Brian Carrigan
Blackfoot
Cheryl has found a Snowy Plover at Dry Lakes.
Denise Hughes
Caldwell, Idaho
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