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Index of Subjects On 8/18/2013 4:58 PM, James Hirtle wrote: > > I just had an interesting sparrow at the feeder. I'm a bit puzzled by > it. This bird was perched on top of the wooden lobster trap that I have > sitting out. It had a strong white eye ring. A pretty drab face with > some markings and strong white on either side of the throat. It also > had a pink bill. The tail seemed short. I think that it was a vesper > sparrow, but I could not get any white to either side of the tail. The > chest was pretty bland with a slight beige wash to it. I was > considering grasshopper sparrow, but the head was not flat. Hopefully > it will return so that I can get another view of it. I have to leave it > as a mystery for now. I also got the impression that it might be a > young bird not quite in adult plumage yet. * field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)? fred. ------------------------------------------------------------ Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad Bishops Mills Natural History Centre - http://pinicola.ca/bmnhc.htm Mudpuppy Night in Oxford Mills - http://pinicola.ca/mudpup1.htm Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/ RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0 on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/ ------------------------------------------------------------
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