Day 200: Saltmarsh Sparrow

Day 200 of blogging! Hard to believe I've made it this far...only 166 days to go. We are taking a trip to Colorado in August and should get quite a few new western birds, so I hope to have plenty to post about for the next few months.

We saw a little Saltmarsh Sparrow a few weeks ago during a summer visit to Maryland's eastern shore. They live in the same salt marsh habitat as the Seaside Sparrow (which we also saw lots of), but they are lighter in color and have orange on their face. This little guy was pretty cute, it looked like he was trying to do the splits.