I had a field sparrow here in my yard in northern Mississippi today. I thought it was an extremely odd time of year to see it; it was eating berries from my Washington Hawthorn tree. I hope this does not mean we will have an early/hard winter. Cindy Mitchell Clarksdale, MS 38614 ----- Original Message ----- From: <Dthomp2669@xxxxxxx> To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2002 6:42 PM Subject: [tn-bird] Albinistic sparrow type? > > Right at this moment, there is a sparrow type bird on my deck which is > primarily fawn backed (field sparrow color) with one or two fawn colored > feathers running down a slightly notched, medium length tail between > double-wide white outer tail feathers The bird also has white edging along > the edge of the bend of the wing At about the area of a second wing bar, > there is a white spot sort of suggesting a wing bar is coming or should be > there. It has a flesh colored bill and pinkish legs like a field sparrow. I > do not see an eye ring. I have had field sparrows here in the past, but only > in the winter when food is scarce and they come here where it is easy to get. > > The bird is feeding well among the cardinals, house finches, house sparrows, > mourning doves and rock doves who are hogging feed down right now. It seems > to have trouble getting around, especially in landing after flight. I think > it is either a young bird of some kind or a sick bird. I am at a loss as to > what the bird is. Unfortunately, I am out of film. > > If any locals want to check with me, my number is in the NTOS directory. The > bird has been out on the deck since 5:50 PM when it flew up from the deck to > the rail after I let my poodles out. It came down to feed as soon as I let > them back in. > > Dee Thompson > Nashville, TN > > =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== > > The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with > first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. > ----------------------------------------------------- > To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: > tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ----------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, send email to: > tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society > web site at http://www.tnbirds.org > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * > TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN > jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 > ========================================================= > > =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 =========================================================