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Swamp
Sparrow Latin:
Melospiza georgiana / French: Bruant des marais |
| Coastal Plain Swamp Sparrow, Prime Hook Nat.
Wildlife Refuge (see more below about Prime Hook), Milford, DE,
Boardwalk Trail, (8/7/05) (kb). The boardwalk extends into
the freshwater marsh along the forest margin.
Flowering Marsh Mallow grow abundantly in the marsh. "Shrub
habitats adjacent to wetland areas are critical for breeding and
migrating Coastal Plain Swamp Sparrows, a unique subspecies of
sparrows found in Delaware."* |
wave867 |
| Swamp Sparrow chits, Great Swamp National
Wildlife Refuge, south blind, 8/20/05, 3 pm (53kb). From 5
foot bushes and tall grasses in swamp. |
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