Grasshopper Sparrow
Ammodramus savannarum
As its name suggests, the Grasshopper Sparrow loves dense grasslands. Not only are they fond of eating grasshoppers, their song sounds similar to a grasshopper’s. These birds are smaller than most of their sparrow cousins and because they tend to stay on the ground, they are difficult to spot in the field. In the breeding season, the males will sing from slightly elevated perches in the grass fields they love.
Summer breeding takes place over most of the USA east of the Rocky Mountains and the coastal strip in California. Some of these birds will breed west of the Rockies in Wyoming, Idaho, and Washington. In winter, they migrate into the southeastern states of the USA and most of Mexico.

Grasshopper Sparrow(Ammodramus savannarum) |
Description: (Ammodramus savannarum) I met this bird on the Camas Prairie near Kamiah, Northern Idaho USA 2005-05-28. |
Date Taken: 2005:05:27 17:41 |
Location:
East Kamiah |
Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 420 mm, f/5.6, 1/800 |
File Name: JCD2655GrasshopperSparrow |
© 2005 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Grasshopper Sparrow(Ammodramus savannarum) |
Description: (Ammodramus savannarum) I met this bird on the Camas Prairie near Kamiah, Northern Idaho USA 2005-05-28. |
Date Taken: 2005:05:27 17:42 |
Location:
East Kamiah |
Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 420 mm, f/5.6, 1/500 |
File Name: JCD2663GrasshopperSparrow |
© 2005 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Grasshopper Sparrow(Ammodramus savannarum) |
Description: (Ammodramus savannarum) I met this bird on the Camas Prairie near Kamiah, Northern Idaho USA 2005-05-28. |
Date Taken: 2005:05:27 17:46 |
Location:
East Kamiah |
Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 420 mm, f/5.6, 1/160 |
File Name: JCD2665GrasshopperSparrow |
© 2005 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Grasshopper Sparrow(Ammodramus savannarum) |
Description: A lucky encounter with an elusive bird at Mission Trails Regional Park, near Santee, California in San Diego County 2009-05-01. |
Date Taken: 2009:05:02 9:15 |
Location:
Mission Trails Regional Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/2500 |
File Name: jcd7354.GrassHopperSparrow |
© 2009 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Grasshopper Sparrow(Ammodramus savannarum) |
Description: A lucky encounter with an elusive bird at Mission Trails Regional Park, near Santee, California in San Diego County 2009-05-01. |
Date Taken: 2009:05:02 9:15 |
Location:
Mission Trails Regional Park |
Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/2000 |
File Name: jcd7380.GrassHopperSparrow |
© 2009 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Grasshopper Sparrow(Ammodramus savannarum) |
Description: My first meeting with this bird was at Whelan Lake, near Oceanside. San Diego County, California USA 2009-05-02. |
Date Taken: 2004:05:20 13:46 |
Location:
Whelan Lake |
Camera Information: NIKON D1X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/1250 |
File Name: JCD_6580GrassHopperSparrow |
© 2004 Jack Daynes, (shadetree-Imaging.com) |


Grasshopper Sparrow(Ammodramus savannarum) |
Description: (Ammodramus savannarum) I met this bird on the Camas Prairie near Kamiah, Northern Idaho USA 2005-05-28. |
Date Taken: 2005:05:27 17:41 |
Location:
East Kamiah |
Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 420 mm, f/5.6, 1/1000 |
File Name: JCD2656GrasshopperSparrow |
© 2005 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |


Grasshopper Sparrow(Ammodramus savannarum) |
Description: My first meeting with this bird was at Whelan Lake, near Oceanside. San Diego County, California USA 2009-05-02. |
Date Taken: 2004:05:20 13:45 |
Location:
Whelan Lake |
Camera Information: NIKON D1X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/1250 |
File Name: JCD_6577GrassHopperSparrow |
© 2004 Jack Daynes, (shadetree-Imaging.com) |

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