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The Bachman's Sparrow (Aimophila aestivalis) is one of the very few
species of birds that is an endemic to the United States. It
occurs only in pine forests of the southeastern U.S. While never
considered common, it's song is often characteristically heard
in May and June in the correct habitat. The bird at left was
photographed near Venus, Okeechobee Co., Florida in April, 1996,
with a hand-held Canon T-90 and a FD 400 mm F 4.5 lens with a
1.4X extender on Fuji Sensia 100. The camera and lens were on
a BushHawk shoulder mount. The bird below was a digital capture
in Jasper Co., Texas in May 2003 with a Canon EOS 10D and 600
mm f4 IS lens and 1.4 X extender. The lower bird is perched on
a piece of burned stump showing how readily the species utilizes
areas after a fire burns out the brush and opens up a grassland
component under the long leaf pine canopy. The Texas bird is
more reddish overall than the Florida bird which is typical of
this species.
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