Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis) - 02Dec2015 and others

This is a species of sparrow that has a ton of potential taxonomic splits in the future.  The one I see the most is the standard Savannah that we see a ton of all the coastal plain.  Here is one from the beach at Fort Fisher, NC.

Here is a pale Ipswich sub-species photographed on the outer banks.

Then we have this darker sub-species (Belding's) from southern California. I photographed it at Tijuana Slough.

This one from Arizona was interesting due to the prominence of the yellow loral color.