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Saltmarsh Sparrow - Duxbury Beach, MA - July 18, 2015

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While watching 2 panicky not-yet-fledged Killdeer scurrying to avoid a pair of aggressively territorial adult Willets, I saw a sparrow drop into the nearby grass and for once the bird did not immediately scurry out of sight. I assumed it was a Saltmarsh Sparrow and, figuring (correctly) that I only had few seconds before it would disappear, I started clicking off photos. While these pix suggest Nelson's the experts advise that this is a juvenile Saltmarsh. The bird bird was quiet the whole time.

The bird was seen and photographed from the car between 8:33-8:35am just west of the first bend in the Gurnet-Saquish road after you come down off the Gurnet (approx. 42.005341, -70.604984). The skies were spritzy under dark low clouds, the wind was nil, and the temp about 67.

Photos taken with 400mm zoom lens and cropped to the subject before posting
Nelson's Sparrow  -  Duxbury Beach, MA (Saquish)  -  July 18, 2015
Nelson's Sparrow - Duxbury Beach, MA (Saquish) - July 18, 2015
Nelson's Sparrow  -  Duxbury Beach, MA (Saquish)  -  July 18, 2015
Nelson's Sparrow - Duxbury Beach, MA (Saquish) - July 18, 2015
Nelson's Sparrow  -  Duxbury Beach, MA (Saquish)  -  July 18, 2015
Nelson's Sparrow - Duxbury Beach, MA (Saquish) - July 18, 2015
Nelson's Sparrow  -  Duxbury Beach, MA (Saquish)  -  July 18, 2015
Nelson's Sparrow - Duxbury Beach, MA (Saquish) - July 18, 2015