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Uploaded 24-Feb-13
Taken 3-Aug-09
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Category:Animals
Subcategory:Birds
Subcategory Detail:
Keywords:Maine, Nelson's Sparrow, Weskeag, sparrow
Photo Info

Dimensions2813 x 1875
Original file size1.35 MB
Image typeJPEG
Color spaceUnknown
Date taken3-Aug-09 08:08
Date modified3-Aug-09 08:08
Shooting Conditions

Camera makeCanon
Camera modelCanon EOS-1D Mark III
Focal length700 mm
Max lens aperturef/7.1
Exposure1/2000 at f/5.6
FlashNot fired
Exposure bias0 EV
Exposure modeAuto
Exposure prog.Aperture priority
ISO speedISO 500
Metering modePattern
Nelson's Sparrow

Nelson's Sparrow

Amnodramus nelsoni
Weskeag Marsh, South Thomaston, Maine

This shows the Nelson's Sparrow in its natural habitat of grasses and salt marsh pannes.

The former name for this bird was Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrow, for reasons clear from this photograph.