January 25, 2023

I am a Savannah Sparrow

I've got a short tail and I've got pink beak

My head is comparatively smaller than my body

But sometimes I raise my crown feathers into a peak.

(Cornell doesn't explain why they raise their crown feathers, but sometimes I wear a high ponytail to make me look taller, so I am guessing that raising the crown feathers is done for the same reason.) 

Location: St. Sebastian River Preserve State Park, Fellsmere

Sources: https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Savannah_Sparrow/overview

Photo and text © 2022 Dee Fairbanks Simpson