Bachman’s Sparrow
Bachman’s Sparrow is the medium-sized bird with brown-streaked gray upperparts and buff underparts apart from for white abdomen. Face is gray with brown crown and thin, dark lines broaden back from eye. The tail is long, dark, and round-tipped. Upper mandible is dark. Legs and feet are pink.
Breeds in southeastern U.S. north to Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, but only very nearby. Spend winters mostly in southern Atlantic and Gulf coast states. Live in dry open pine or oak woods with a spreading of scrub; also regular overgrown weedy fields and meadow.
The Bachman's Sparrow was first named by Audubon for his intimate friend Dr. John Bachman.
This species is the only sparrow that is widespread to the United States. They were once known as Pine-Woods Sparrow for their liking for pine woods surroundings.
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