[TN-Bird] my favorite yard bird yet

Hi folks,

This morning while getting ready to head to work, I noticed a sparrow
that looked a bit funny.  Given that I was late, and that the
lighting was poor, I didn't think much of it, putting it off as a
funny looking Song Sparrow.

When I got home, that guy was still here.  In better light.  Next to
a real Song Sparrow.  Hmmm.  Much finer streaking on breast and
flanks.  Shorter tail.  Malar stripes much smaller.  Not much of a
stickpin.  Buffy sub-moustachials.  And wait a minute, isn't the
background color of the breast buffy, instead of gray!  

Yippee!  We had a beautiful LINCOLN'S SPARROW at our feeder!

That makes 48 bird species (7 sparrows, counting Towhee and Junco) on
our .6 acre suburban lot in southern Blount County, in 20 months. 
For me, this is the best, even if it's not as gaudy as the fly-over
Red-headed Woodpecker we had in the fall, or the Purple Finches that
were at our feeder yet again today.

Charlie

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Charlie Muise, Naturalist near
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