Savannah Sparrow Photos

Photography by Terry Sohl

My Favorite: How many photos of a Savannah Sparrow in autumn vegetation do you need? Evidently quite a few!! Savannah Sparrows are one of the most common species that migrate through in the fall (with seemingly smaller numbers in the spring, and a few that hang around to breed in summer). Thus as you'll see, most of my photos below are of Savannah Sparrows in the dried grasses of the fall. Evidently the first two weeks of October are "the" time to see and photograph Savannah Sparrows in South Dakota, given that nearly all of my photos below are from that very narrow time frame! My favorite photo is the one below from October 14th, 2019 at Good Earth State Park, along the South Dakota / Iowa border.

Savannah Sparrow - Passerculus sandwichensis


Savannah Sparrow 1	Savannah Sparrow 2	Savannah Sparrow 3	Savannah Sparrow 4
October 4th, 2009	April 19th, 2007	October 1st, 2008	October 1st, 2008
Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Backside view of a sparrow doing the splits between 2 weed stems	Sparrow perched on barbed wire fence in the sun	Profile of bird in autumn habitat, feeding on weed seeds	Sparrow profile perched on dead weeds

Savannah Sparrow 5	Savannah Sparrow 6	Savannah Sparrow 7	Savannah Sparrow 8
October 1st, 2008	October 1st, 2008	October 1st, 2008	October 1st, 2008
Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Early morning bird feeding on flower seeds	Bird perched in autumn vegetation	Vertical of a sparrow on a weed stem	Head-on view of sparrow perched on dead flower head

Savannah Sparrow 9	Savannah Sparrow 10	Savannah Sparrow 11	Savannah Sparrow 12
October 1st, 2008	October 1st, 2008	October 4th, 2009	October 4th, 2009
Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Bird greeting the dawn in a small bush	Sparrow feeding on seeds from dead autumn flower	Over the shoulder look into the camera	Vertical profile of a sparrow on top of a dead flower head

Savannah Sparrow 13	Savannah Sparrow 14	Savannah Sparrow 15	Savannah Sparrow 16
October 4th, 2009	October 4th, 2009	October 4th, 2009	October 4th, 2009
Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Minnehaha County, South Dakota
Sparrow doing the splits between a pair of cattail stems	Foraging sparrow feeding on dead flower head	Sparrow perched on dead weed stem	Vertical of sparrow perched on dead weed stem

Savannah Sparrow 17	Savannah Sparrow 18	Savannah Sparrow 19	Savannah Sparrow 20
October 16th, 2013	October 16th, 2013	October, 2015	October, 2015
Lincoln County, South Dakota	Lincoln County, South Dakota	Lincoln County, South Dakota	Lincoln County, South Dakota
Bird perched on funky tangle of fence wire and weeds	Backside view of bird perched on wire fence	Sparrow clinging to a cattail at the edge of a marsh	Bird hanging out in wetland habitat

Savannah Sparrow 21	Savannah Sparrow 22	Savannah Sparrow 23	Savannah Sparrow 28
October 14th, 2019	October 14th, 2019	October 7th, 2017	October 12th, 2020
Good Earth State Park, South Dakota	Good Earth State Park, South Dakota	Minnehaha County, South Dakota	Lincoln County, South Dakota
Sparrow perched in autumn grassland	Sparrow perched in autumn grassland	Bird clinging to a cattail at the edge of a wetland	Profile of a sparrow in the warm morning sun

Savannah Sparrow 25	Savannah Sparrow 26	Savannah Sparrow 27
October 12th, 2020	October 12th, 2020	October 12th, 2020
Lincoln County, South Dakota	Lincoln County, South Dakota	Lincoln County, South Dakota
Vertical of a sparrow perched on autumn foliage	Sparrow greeting the morning sun from a small bush	Over the shoulder look at sparrow on fall vegetation