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Vesper Sparrow  Geotagged,Pooecetes gramineus,Spring,United States,Vesper sparrow Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

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  1. Very nice to see some new categories of wildlife coming into your newly found reach :) Posted 9 years ago
    1. Indeed - unless they were very bold, birds were mostly out of my reach before. More than doubling my longest previous focal length is proving to be quite fun. Posted 9 years ago

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The vesper sparrow is a medium-sized American sparrow. It is the only member of the genus ''Pooecetes''.

Adults have light brown upperparts and light underparts, both with darker streaking. They have a white eye ring and a long dark brown tail which shows white outer feathers in flight.

Their breeding habitat is open grassy areas across most of North America. The nest is an open cup on the ground under a clump of grass.

These birds migrate to the southern and central.. more

Similar species: Perching Birds
Species identified by morpheme
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Uploaded Mar 27, 2016. Captured Mar 26, 2016 14:11 in 2000 Cowiche Mill Rd, Cowiche, WA 98923, USA.
  • X-E1
  • f/8.0
  • 1/500s
  • ISO250
  • 560mm