Fledgling chick. A successful action to avoid the bipedal threat. (Belding's SubSp.) Saltworks at South San Diego Bay NWR. San Diego County, California.
Fledgling chick. A successful action to avoid the bipedal threat. (Belding's SubSp.) Saltworks at South San Diego Bay NWR. San Diego County, California.
Fledgling chick. A successful action to avoid the bipedal threat. (Belding's SubSp.) Saltworks at South San Diego Bay NWR. San Diego County, California.
Fledgling chick. A successful action to avoid the bipedal threat. (Belding's SubSp.) Saltworks at South San Diego Bay NWR. San Diego County, California.
Fledgling chick. A successful action to avoid the bipedal threat. (Belding's SubSp.) Saltworks at South San Diego Bay NWR. San Diego County, California.
Fledgling chick. A successful action to avoid the bipedal threat. (Belding's SubSp.) Saltworks at South San Diego Bay NWR. San Diego County, California.
Fledgling chick. A successful action to avoid the bipedal threat. (Belding's SubSp.) Saltworks at South San Diego Bay NWR. San Diego County, California.
Fledgling chick. A successful action to avoid the bipedal threat. (Belding's SubSp.) Saltworks at South San Diego Bay NWR. San Diego County, California.

Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)

Savannah Sparrow

(Passerculus sandwichensis)

Description:

While in the company of biologists during a tern-nesting survey, I watched a fledgling Belding’s Savannah Sparrow perform a successful action to avoid our ‘bipedal threat’. Once we passed its position, the young bird flew off in the blink of an eye. We were at the Saltworks on South San Diego Bay NWR, San Diego County, California.

Date Taken: 2009:05:27 10:38

Location:

Saltworks
Imperial Beach, California
United States
5.00 ft above sea level

Camera Information:

NIKON D2X, 550 mm, f/5.6, 1/350

File Name: JCD9780.SavannahSparrow.Beldings.Chick_

© 2009 Jack Daynes, www.shadetree-imaging.com

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