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Vesper Sparrow
Pooecetes gramineus
(L 6.25" WS 10" Wt 0.91 oz)
Sings in the morning and often in
evening twilight...hence the name.
evening twilight...hence the name.
Laguna Park
San Luis Obispo
15Oct2012
A Sparrow took a Slice of Twig
And thought it very nice
I think, because his empty Plate
Was handed Nature twice --
Invigorated, waded
In all the deepest Sky
Until his little Figure
Was forfeited away --
(Emily Dickinson)
© Geoffrey
A. Keller
Macaulay
Library
Pooecetes in Greek means
grass dweller; gramineus in
Latin means grass-green color.
grass dweller; gramineus in
Latin means grass-green color.
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Ornithology
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