Nice find...definitely a Clay-colored.
Dave Irons
Beaverton, OR
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On Sep 9, 2017, at 9:36 PM, Larry McQueen <larmcqueen@xxxxxxx> wrote:<��I��ʋ���-���W�y�b��(�N
Two birds. The first does not have a pale median line through the crown.
The second one does. The dark eye line extends to the lores on the first and
the second bird not. The second bird has the supercillium and the
submustachial gleaming white, typical of Ash- colored. The Chipping is
darker in these areas. Spixella pallid is well named, as it is a noticeably
paler bird than any of our ‘normal’ sparrows (Tree Sparrows also are quite
pale).
So you did well.
Larry
On Sep 9, 2017, at 9:29 AM, John Sullivan (Redacted sender "Oropendolas" for
DMARC) <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello All,
Yesterday afternoon Sally Hill and I saw a Sparrow feeding with a flock of
Goldfinch on Royal Ave that we originally called a CLAY-COLORED SPARROW. We
were looking through scopes from about 40 yards. We then saw what we thought
was the same bird in the brush beside the road that turned out to be a
winter CHIPPING SPARROW. Grayish breast and gray rump (rump not shown in
photos) and dark lores led to Chipping ID conclusion. Looking at my photos
this morning, I believe we saw two different birds. Brighter white
supercillium, malar stripe and central crown stripe along with browner
breast make me think the bird on the ground is actually a Clay-colored
Sparrow. Three poor, heavily cropped photos of Spizella sp. in eBird report
are all the same bird. What do you think?
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S39069506
John Sullivan
Springfield, OR
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