Seaside Sparrow

The Seaside Sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus) is a coastal resident of the United States, extremely rare anywhere but in the salt-water bayous, marshes, and rivers affected by the tides. The sparrow is monogamous throughout its range. Although territorial, it often feeds long distances from the defended space around its nest, a response to wide separation of nesting and feeding areas in these tidal zones.

For those with a Penn State access account read more about the Seaside Sparrow in Birds of North America online at:

http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/127/articles/introduction