Before I started taking pictures of them I didn’t think much about swamp sparrows- usually they were just the ubiquitous, skulking, sloppily-attired teases who drowned out whatever it was I was straining to hear with their incessant, unmotivated trilling.
Brown Drive Marsh
Lately, though, I’ve spotted them up singing proudly above the marsh, and I’ve had the chance to admire their well-defined eye stripe and buffy flanks. They’re still not my favorite sparrow, but they’re a fun challenge to photograph and maybe not quite so slovenly as I thought.
Shelburne Pond Marsh
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