[TN-Bird] Re: Clay-colored sparrow?

Another excellent field mark to look for when trying to distinguish 
Clay-colored from Chipping Sparrow is the lores (the area between the eyes and 
the bill). This area is never dark on a Clay-colored Sparrow, but should be 
blackish on a Chipping.
A few years ago, I attended a Kentucky Ornithological Society meeting with Jon 
Dunn as guest speaker, an expert on sparrows. He told about that field mark. A 
week or so later I was able to use it to identify a Clay-colored Sparrow at 
Kyker Bottoms in Blount County, east Tennessee.

David Trently,
Knoxville, TN

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