A very useful exercise. The bird looks paler on the underside than the local
Anna’s I see. A reminder of how varied birds can be.
This time of year the young Golden-crowned Sparrows are busy turning themselves
into a variety of different species as they develop speckle-patterns, odd
temporary head patterns and other inconvenient looks. Fortunately most of them
stay big and fat.
Alan Contreras
acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx
On Jan 22, 2016, at 11:11 PM, Matthew G Hunter <matthewghunter@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I investigate an intriguing female hummingbird:
http://umpquabirds.blogspot.com/2016/01/careful-with-calypte-in-december-2015.html
<http://umpquabirds.blogspot.com/2016/01/careful-with-calypte-in-december-2015.html>
Matt Hunter
Melrose
