[obol] Re: Sparrow ID assistance
- From: Hendrik Herlyn <hhactitis@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: dawnv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 18:12:41 -0700
Hi Dawn,
Sure looks like a Clay-colored to me! Nice, contrasting face pattern, plain
breast and the tell-tale gray nape! Great find, and nice photos!
Congrats on a cool lifer!
Hendrik
On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 5:59 PM, dawn v <dawnv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> This morning with a field trip at Whalen Island, we were out in the meadow
> looking at sparrows. There were a few small sparrows amongst some Song,
> White-crowned and Golden-crowned this morning. Two were kind-of posers.
> One a SAVANNAH SPARROW with very little yellow. Another flummoxed me -
> something I haven't seen before or something old I am not recognizing.
> Appeared to be the same size as the Savannah - very white throat
> interrupted by a dark (not black) mustach, clean white unstreaked breast
> with some buffiness around the edges, pinkish bill, white eye-ring. Closest
> I can find in the field guide is CLAY-COLORED, which would be a life bird
> for me if that's it.
>
>
> http://s1014.photobucket.com/user/villaesc/media/Birds/IMG_6277_2_zps5d10d67d.jpg.html
>
> http://s1014.photobucket.com/user/villaesc/media/Birds/IMG_6275_1_zps7407c245.jpg.html
>
> http://s1014.photobucket.com/user/villaesc/media/Birds/IMG_6278_1_zps139a8f75.jpg.html
>
> These are fuzzy but show more of the body including the gray "collar" that
> I didn't note in the field.
>
> http://s1014.photobucket.com/user/villaesc/media/Birds/IMG_6279_1_zps6ddd85df.jpg.html
>
> http://s1014.photobucket.com/user/villaesc/media/Birds/IMG_6281_1_zps79ac2de9.jpg.html
>
> Thank you!
>
> dawn v
> Lincoln City/Nelscott
> dvillabirds.blogspot.com
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Hendrik G. Herlyn
Corvallis, OR
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