[obol] Re: [RV Birds] JoCo Clay-colored Sparrow
- From: Russ Namitz <namitzr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <rv-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 15:38:32 -0700
I was fortuitously on my way to the Oregon Birding Association Conference and I
was passing Grants Pass when Dennis posted this bird. I was able to read find
it and photograph it. Thanks Dennis!
The shutoff valve / red flag that Dennis spoke of is in front of some bamboo.
The bird was foraging with other sparrows on the south side of the canal in a
brush pile in the middle of a residential lawn. Use discretion when pointing
optics! The bird also flew to the blackberry patch to both the east & west of
lawn.
Good luck,
Russ
From: dpvroman@xxxxxxxxxx
To: obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; rv-birds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [RV Birds] JoCo Clay-colored Sparrow
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 14:37:50 -0700
Early this afternoon (09-25-14) along the
irrigation channel east of the Grants Pass Grange Co-op buildings, there was a
CLAY-COLORED SPARROW. About a 1/4 mile down the roadway along the
channel (a shut-off value with a red tag was near this location). It was
north of the channel (which is flowing) at the end of a stringer of
Cottonwoods,
willows and blackberries with good sized short-cropped fields on each side of
it.
Quite a surprise for me. The bird was first
seen facing me and about 25 feet away. The buffy-brown ear-patch was
pretty distinct and obvious. It caught my eye right away and it was
outlined above and below with a somewhat darker brown. Malar stripes
were present, but not to obvious, throat was light-colored and breast area
was a light buffy-brown. Had a dull rufous-color crown and no outstanding
median stripe. Didn't get a look at the nape, for it remained facing me
until it retreated into the brush and trees. Believe it was an adult in
non-breeding plumage.
Walk further out the roadway and upon returning I
managed to relocate it in the same area along the fenceline, only it was more
distant. It appeared to have just taken a bath, for it was roughing
up its feather and its wings were drooped. It was more broadside and
had an overall buffy coloration. Could see its rump...and it was
buffy-brown, not a Chipper for sure. The bird then fly more to the
east. Not sure if it will hang around or not.
Dennis (north of Grants
Pass)
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