[obol] Re: JoCo Song Sparrow (not typical)
- From: Bob Archer <rabican1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 15:33:54 -0800
I saw two of those beasts out at Sauvie Island last weekend, Rentenaar Rd, as
you described plus the malar stripe was a nice clean bright white on mine.
Going to get pics of them next time I go. I was wondering about Rky Mtn.
Bob Archer
Pdx
On Dec 4, 2013, at 2:31 PM, "Dennis Vroman" <dpvroman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Today (12-04-13) along the irrigation channel running east of the Grant Pass
> Grange Co-op buildings was a SONG SPARROW noticeable different from our
> average wintering, darkly-colored Song Sparrows. Much lighter/brighter then
> the normal bird. Light gray and rust colors, like a Lincoln's Sparrow.
> Possible a Rocky Mtn form, the illustration 41k [Adult M.m. montana (Rocky
> Mountain)] in "The Sparrows of the United States and Canada" J.D. Rising
> (1996) looks most like the bird observed. It wasn't one of our normally seen
> wintering birds, but with all the variation in Song Sparrows it's tough to
> put a label on it.
>
> Dennis (north of Grants Pass)
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