[NatureNS] Song sparrow with white patch

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Hi Steve,

Clearly an albino patch.

On this same page, viz-a-viz P8200018-spider, your "Colleague's big  
spider": this is Argiope aurantia, the so-called "Black and Yellow  
Argipope."

Cheers,

Chris

On 11-Mar-07, at 2:50 PM, Stephen Shaw wrote:

> We've also had a couple of these irregularly this winter, which  
> generally has
> been a thin one here for birds compared to last winter, except for  
> our regular
> Downy WPs. Activity at feeders very quiet.
> One of these individuals looks like a song sparrow except that it  
> has a white
> patch across its head, presumably an albino patch. The patch runs  
> the wrong way
> for a white-crowned sparrow.  Haven't seen it for over a week.   
> I've put a
> couple of earlier shots of its front end peeping out of a bush on  
> Flickr, if
> anyone wants to try to confirm the ID or suggest something different:
> www.flickr.com/photos/steve_1968
> (last 2 photos uploaded; shot through a kitchen window so could be  
> clearer)
> Steve, Halifax
> ***********************
> Quoting Eleanor Lindsay <az678@chebucto.ns.ca>:
>> I have had 2 -4 song sparrows at my feeders all winter, every  
>> winter for at least two decades!
>> Eleanor Lindsay,
>> Seabright, St Margarets Bay
>>
>> David&Jane Schlosberg wrote:
>>> After a good, long look, I'm quite sure that I have a young song  
>>> sparrow at my feeder.

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patch.</DIV><DIV><BR class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN =
class=3D"Apple-style-span">On this same page, viz-a-viz=A0P8200018-spider,=
 your "Colleague's big spider": this is <I>Argiope aurantia</I>, the =
so-called "Black and Yellow Argipope."</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Cheers,</DIV><DIV><BR =
class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Chris</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV=
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winter, which generally has</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">been a thin =
one here for birds compared to last winter, except for our =
regular</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Downy WPs. Activity at feeders =
very quiet.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">One of these individuals looks =
like a song sparrow except that it has a white</DIV><DIV =
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Halifax</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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">***********************</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; =
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<BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: =
0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">I have had 2 -4 song =
sparrows at my feeders all winter, every winter for at least two =
decades!</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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margin-left: 0px; ">After a good, long look, I'm quite sure that I have =
a young song sparrow at my feeder.</DIV> =
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