[TN-Bird] Strange (hybrid?) sparrow

  • From: Bill Pulliam <littlezz@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Tn bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 09:00:56 -0500

So, what would y'all make of a sparrow mixed with a group of White- throated Sparrows, same basic size, build, gestalt, but with a dark gray head reminiscent of a junco or towhee? The bird's wingbars were also fainter than a typical white-throat's. I thought White-throat X Junco hybrid, but googling for images of these shows something not very similar to this bird. Light was backlit, but I did not pick out any white tail feathers.


Thoughts?

Oct 20, 2013

Bill Pulliam
Hohenwald TN
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