Savannah Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow perched near the top of a very small bushy plant.
Savannah Sparrow, North Holiday Park, Benbrook, TX, March 26, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens; 500 mm; ISO-125; f/8; 1/320 sec.

This page is for the Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis). This photo is also my first photographic evidence of the Savannah Sparrow and occurred on March 26, 2022.

Savannah Sparrow perched on the top of a button bush near the lake, looking at the camera.
Savannah Sparrow, North Holiday Park Benbrook, TX, September 24, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-400; f/10; 1/500 sec.
Savannah Sparrow perched on the tip of a juniper tree.
Savannah Sparrow, Black Mesa State Park, Kenton, Ok, October 20, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-320; f/10; 1/800 sec.
Savanna Sparrow perched on a large rock visible between stalks of grass that were very close to the camera giving the image a blurred look on either side of the bird.
Savannah Sparrow, Bitter Lake NWR, Roswell, NM, November 9, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-640; f/10; 1/400 sec. +0.3 exposure bias.
Savannah Sparrow in the middle of a leafless bush with its back to the camera and looking to the left.
Savannah Sparrow, Bitter Lake NWR, Roswell, NM, November 10, 2022
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-500; f/10; 1/1000 sec.
Savannah Sparrow perched on a small branch.
Savannah Sparrow, North Holiday Park, Benbrook, TX, January 2, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-1250; f/10; 1/500 sec.
Savannah Sparrow perched on a small branch in a tree with no leaves.
Savannah Sparrow, North Holiday Park, Benbrook, TX, February 11, 2023
EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-2000; f/11; 1/1250 sec.
Savana Sparrow sitting on top of a dead bush looking back behind it.
Savannah Sparrow, Hagerman NWR, Sherman, TX, December 26, 2023
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 420 mm; ISO-320; f/9; 1/800 sec.
Savannah Sparrow clinging to a branch in a dormant bush.
Savannah Sparrow, Charlies Pasture, Port Aransas, TX, February 24, 2024
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens; 700 mm; ISO-640; f/11; 1/2000 sec.
Savannah Sparrow perched on a limb of a dead tree. There are plenty of other small branches all around the bird.
Savannah Sparrow, Fennessey Ranch, Refugio, TX, February 25, 2024
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x Teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-4000; f/11; 1/1600 sec.
Savannah Sparrow perched on a barbed wire fence.
Savannah Sparrow, Crowley, TX, February 2, 2025
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-2500; f/11; 1/800 sec.
Savannah Sparrow perched on a small plant.
Savannah Sparrow, Cement Creek Reservoir, Fort Worth TX, March 1, 2025
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-1000; f/10; 1/800 sec.
Savannah Sparrow standing on the ground.
Savannah Sparrow, Pawnee SRA, NE March 14, 2025
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO-1600; f/10; 1/1600 sec.