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Seaside Sparrow

Ammospiza maritima

The seaside sparrow (Ammospiza maritima) is an American sparrow. Adults have brownish upperparts with gray on the crown and nape, and a grayish-buff-colored breast with dark streaks; they have a dark face with gray cheeks, a white throat, and a short, pointed tail. Birds show a small yellow streak just above the eye. Their breeding habitat is salt marshes on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States from southern New Hampshire to southern Texas. The nest is an open cup usually built in the salt marsh on tidal reeds and spartina grasses.
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Daniel Shusko
Sunday 17 Sep 2023 - 11:20am
United States
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Daniel Sloan
Saturday 29 Jul 2023 - 5:44pm
United States
A photo of a Seaside Sparrow photographed in Leatherberry Flats United States
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Daniel Sloan
Sunday 02 Jul 2023 - 10:08am
United States
A map showing the sighting location
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Jacob Jones
Sunday 25 Jun 2023 - 2:38am
United States
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