Lincoln's Sparrow
Melospiza lincolnii
Synopsis: Nests on the ground in wet montane meadows in Lake County (Winter Ridge) and in the Cascades and the Siskiyou, Blue, Wallowa, Ochoco, and Steens Mountains. The records from the Siskiyou Mountains and from southern Harney County are especially noteworthy.

Habitat Associations:
strongest
Wet Montane Meadow (2101 acres)
strong
Northeast Mixed Conifer Forest (2084919 acres)
Subalpine Grassland (68449 acres)
Subalpine Scattered Trees & Shrubs (36994 acres)
some
Ponderosa Pine Forest/Woodland (3133687 acres)
Edges of Recently Cutover/Burnt Forest (546080 acres)
Lake/Pond Shoreline & Islands (164597 acres)
Edges of Freshwater Marsh (828 acres)
lesser
Grassland & Fir-Ponderosa Interspersed (237550 acres)

Relative Detectability: Fairly easy to detect by sight and song, and fairly easy to confirm breeding.

Challenge: Confirm nesting of individuals seen outside the usual geographic range during early summer. Determine if this species breeds more widely than shown in the southern Ochoco Mountains, and in central Klamath County.