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Spiza americana
Streaked grayish head. Yellow stripe above eyes. Chin white. Thin black stripes at sides of throat. Black throat patch extending onto breast in a point. Chest bright yellow. Belly light gray. Back brown with black streaks. Tail and wings blackish. Chestnut shoulder patch.
Spotted another Dickcissel singing in a small shrub. By the roadside of a remote pond at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge: http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/inde...
Light much better for photography than this morning. Captured the song on video this morning PN: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/257...
Spotted on Jun 2, 2013
Submitted on Jun 4, 2013
2 Comments
Thought I was going to have to come your way to finally see one. The two I found were singing away :)
I love these! We have so many here in Oklahoma this time of year. The kiddo calls them "Dick-swizzels". Lol