Date: 11/27/25 5:06 am From: Gary Bletsch via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Savannah sparrows in winter?
Dear Julia,
This is an interesting question. I always consider it a banner day, when I find a Savannah Sparrow in winter. Your question led me to check on this.
Here is what my own birding data reveals. In Skagit County, I have seen the Savannah Sparrow 66 times during the months of December, January, and February. Over that same span of time, I saw the Song Sparrow 3058 times. It appears that one's chances of finding a Savannah Sparrow in winter, at least in Skagit County, where I've done most of my Washington State birding, would be around one-fiftieth that of finding a Song Sparrow!
On reflection, I'd say that the chances are probably even slimmer than that. Quite a few of those 66 Savannah Sparrow sightings were the result of my following up on a sighting that someone else had reported, often in a place where I probably would not have gone birding, had I not been trying to find my first Savannah of the year, or my last.
Yours truly,
Gary Bletsch
On Wednesday, November 26, 2025 at 05:03:53 PM EST, Julia H via Tweeters <tweeters...> wrote:
