Rondeau Ric

  A nice spring visitor to the yard and pond. Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, May 5, 2025. Melospiza lincolnii Sometimes, singing a beautiful song might not be enough to win over a female. In a laboratory study, female Lincoln's Sparrows were more attracted to males that sang during colder mornings more than those singing during warmer mornings. This may be because males singing in the cold showed off more than just their song; singing in the cold requires more energy and could mean that males singing in the cold would make better mates.

Lincoln's Sparrow, Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, October 28, 2023. A semi-regular fall visitor to the yard and water. Sometimes, singing a beautiful song might not be enough to win over a female. In a laboratory study, female Lincoln's Sparrows were more attracted to males that sang during colder mornings more than those singing during warmer mornings. This may be because males singing in the cold showed off more than just their song; singing in the cold requires more energy and could mean that males singing in the cold would make better mates.

Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, August 27, 2020. We haven't had many sparrows in the yard this summer other than chipping, and house. It was nice to see something different. Melospiza lincolnii Sometimes, singing a beautiful song might not be enough to win over a female. In a laboratory study, female Lincoln's Sparrows were more attracted to males that sang during colder mornings more than those singing during warmer mornings. This may be because males singing in the cold showed off more than just their song; singing in the cold requires more energy and could mean that males singing in the cold would make better mates. source - https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Lincolns_Sparrow

Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario, Canada, Sept 26, 2019. A pleasant surprise at the pond yesterday. Melospiza lincolnii The Lincoln's Sparrow shows less geographical variation in song than any other species in its genus, perhaps a result of high dispersal rates among juveniles.

Lincoln's sparrow from the pontoon. rondeau Provincial Park, Sept 30, 2018. Good day on the boat, American bittern, swamp sparrow, Savannah sparrow, snipe, flight of 6 night herons, ducks and more. Melospiza lincolnii Sometimes, singing a beautiful song might not be enough to win over a female. In a laboratory study, female Lincoln's Sparrows were more attracted to males that sang during colder mornings more than those singing during warmer mornings. This may be because males singing in the cold showed off more than just their song; singing in the cold requires more energy and could mean that males singing in the cold would make better mates.

Not certain when I took this photo. It would be sometime in May 2018 at Rondeau Provincial Park. Still going through 900GB of photos from our Newfoundland trip. Hopefully I'll be posting some of them soon. Melospiza lincolnii Sometimes, singing a beautiful song might not be enough to win over a female. In a laboratory study, female Lincoln's Sparrows were more attracted to males that sang during colder mornings more than those singing during warmer mornings. This may be because males singing in the cold showed off more than just their song; singing in the cold requires more energy and could mean that males singing in the cold would make better mates. source -  https://www.allaboutbirds.org/gui…/Lincolns_Sparrow/overview

Not a rare bird but one we don't see every year. This Lincoln's sparrow showed up at the pond this evening. Melospiza lincolnii The Lincoln's Sparrow shows less geographical variation in song than any other species in its genus, perhaps a result of high dispersal rates among juveniles.