I live in Nova Scotia, olddude, and have seen the little Swamp Sparrows locally. There are a lot of coastal wetlands, marsh, and upland bogs here. Not my specimen.

Right around where I live, on a small lake, there is a lot of spruce, fir, bogs, and an admixture of hardwoods like maple and birch. There are lots of birds. This summer I saw and heard more thrushes and veerys than ever, and finally saw a rare (for here) wren. Lots of woodpeckers, loons, eagles, osprey, owls, mergansers, herons, ducks, sandpipers, kingfisher - it's been a good bird watching season.