Dickcissel Photos
Photos of Dickcissel - Spiza americana - Photography by Terry Sohl - South Dakota Birds and Birding
My Favorite: One of the most recognizable sounds when driving on a country road on a summer day in South Dakota...the chirping song of a Dickcissel. They're very common in many parts of the state, including here in eastern South Dakota where much of the "habitat" is limited to corn and soybean fields. The photo below was taken on May 28th, 2018 in Minnehaha County, South Dakota, and perfectly represents a Dickcissel in my mind...a small, colorful, charismatic bird, singing his heart out from the top of a high perch.
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Dickcissel 1 |
Dickcissel 2 |
Dickcissel 3 |
Dickcissel 4 |
July 11th, 2009 |
June 5th, 2006 |
June 5th, 2005 |
June 5th, 2005 |
Lyman County, South Dakota |
Minnehaha County, South Dakota |
Minnehaha County, South Dakota |
Minnehaha County, South Dakota |
Bird singing from end of dead branch |
Bird posing on top of dead branch |
Vertical of bird on top of old fence post |
Dickcissel clinging to an old weed stem |
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Dickcissel 5 |
Dickcissel 6 |
Dickcissel 7 |
Dickcissel 8 |
June 5th, 2005 |
June 5th, 2006 |
June 5th, 2006 |
July 31st, 2008 |
Minnehaha County, South Dakota |
Minnehaha County, South Dakota |
Minnehaha County, South Dakota |
Minnehaha County, South Dakota |
Bird perched on an old weed stem |
Unusual pose at top of a dead tree branch |
Profile from top of a dead tree branch |
Sunny day profile on top of a dead tree branch |
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Dickcissel 9 |
Dickcissel 10 |
Dickcissel 11 |
Dickcissel 12 |
July 31st, 2008 |
July 31st, 2008 |
July 11th, 2009 |
July 11th, 2009 |
Minnehaha County, South Dakota |
Minnehaha County, South Dakota |
Fort Pierre National Grasslands, S. Dakota |
Fort Pierre National Grasslands, S. Dakota |
Vertical of bird on top of a dead branch |
Profile of a bird on the top of a dead branch |
Dickcissel singing its heart out on a branch |
Dickcissel perched on a branch |
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Dickcissel 13 |
Dickcissel 14 |
Dickcissel 15 |
Dickcissel 16 |
May 28th, 2010 |
August 17th, 2013 |
May 28th, 2018 |
June 7th, 2020 |
Good Earth State Park, South Dakota |
Minnehaha County, South Dakota |
Minnehaha County, South Dakota |
Minnehaha County, South Dakota |
Bird perched in wildflower |
Dickcissel perched on top of small willow |
Vertical of bird singing on top of a bush |
Dickcissel singing from top of an old fence post |
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Dickcissel 17 |
Dickcissel 18 |
Dickcissel 19 |
Dickcissel 20 |
June 7th, 2020 |
June 7th, 2020 |
June 7th, 2020 |
June 7th, 2020 |
Minnehaha County, South Dakota |
Minnehaha County, South Dakota |
Minnehaha County, South Dakota |
Minnehaha County, South Dakota |
Dickcissel singing from a barbed wire fence |
Bird perched on a barbed wire fence |
Bird perched on top of an old fence post |
Bird perched on top of an old fence post |
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Dickcissel 21 |
Dickcissel 22 |
Dickcissel 23 |
Dickcissel 24 |
June 7th, 2020 |
June 7th, 2020 |
June 7th, 2020 |
June 7th, 2020 |
Minnehaha County, South Dakota |
Minnehaha County, South Dakota |
Minnehaha County, South Dakota |
Western Minnehaha County, South Dakota |
Bird singing from top of wooden fence post |
Bird singing from top of metal fence post |
Dickcissel profile on top of wooden fence post |
Bird perched on barbed wire |
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Dickcissel 25 |
Dickcissel 26 |
Dickcissel 27 |
July 7th, 2019 |
July 7th, 2019 |
July 4th, 2020 |
Western Minnehaha County, South Dakota |
Western Minnehaha County, South Dakota |
Minnehaha County, South Dakota |
Profile of Dickcissel on barbed wire fence |
Profile of Dickcissel on weed stem |
Bird perched on top of eastern red cedar |
Click here for the species description page for the Dickcissel.
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