Just curious...did anyone respond to your email with suggestions? Never saw a response and I was curious what you might've seen as sparrows tend to be the bane of my existence. ----- Original Message ----- From: LaCorvid@xxxxxxx<mailto:LaCorvid@xxxxxxx> To: va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 4:49 PM Subject: [va-richmond-general] sparrow id? We saw a very dark sparrow this morning in the lower park of Forest Hill Park near the dam. I may not have enough info but here's what I saw: very dark with streaking overall. yellowish throat patch, buffy/yellow eye stripe with yellowish lores (maybe), faint wing bars, a very thin stripe down the center of the head. Does that make any sense? Thanks for any thoughts. I'll go back tomorrow to find it again. There was a large mixed flock of sparrows there this morning. very active. Laura