Dickcissel

Title

Dickcissel

Artist

Gary Holmes

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Photograph

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Dickcissels (Spiza americana) are fairly common birds in brushy areas on the edges of open fields, but are very difficult to see, preferring to sing their distinctive songs from deep cover. This one took an interest in me as I sat still in an area where several were singing, and finally came out to pay an up-close visit and pose for some macro shots. The coloring on this male seems to be much more prominent, with more yellow on the chest and abdomen than in photographs I have seen in bird ID books, but it clearly has the overall markings of a dickcissel. To me, as I processed this, it looks like a cross between a sparrow and a meadowlark. I was truly honored to have made the acquaintance with this fellow. Taken near Stillhouse Hollow Lake, Bell County, Texas.
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