Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes >> Family Passerellidae >> Genus Centronyx
Henslow's Sparrow (Unique ID: 1008)
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Species: Henslow's Sparrow (Centronyx henslowii)
Location: Mill Creek Streamway Park, Kansas, United States
Age: adult Plumage: basic/year-round Activity: perching/standing
Sex: male Visibility: full body Quantity: single
Photographer: David Seibel Date: June 6, 2006
Equipment: Canon EOS 20D and Canon 500mm f/4L IS Megapixels: 5.5
Notes: This was one of at least 5 or 6 singing males within a 150-foot radius in a hayfield below the dam at Shawnee Mission Park. (The field is actually part of the Mill Creek Streamway Park.) The birds are all acting very territorial, singing continually and periodically skirmishing along invisible boundary lines.
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