Hi all, This bird looks like a Sooty Fox Sparrow to me. Or at least it looks like a number of the Fox Sparrows I saw in Washington a month ago, and does not look like the Slate-colored Fox Sparrows I've seen in Colorado. Assuming I'm right, wouldn't this represent the first record of this form for Colorado?
Andrew Spencer currently in Lima, Peru On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 6:21 PM, Glenn and Laurie <[email protected]>wrote: > ** > Folks, > > Kirk H. mentioned a couple of the good birds we saw today. Additionally > at Flagler we observed 2 Harris's Sparrows, a Swamp Sparrow (Kathy Dunning > only), Field Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Lincoln Sparrow, Chipping > Sparrow and White-throated Sparrow. In Lincoln County we saw 4 > Golden-crowned Kinglets. Pertaining to the Fox Sparrow in Lincoln County, > this bird is very brown to reddish brown all over, up to and including it's > head, neck and back. It does show traces of gray in the head and face but > it appears to me too little for the Slate or Canadian Rocky races. The > bird resembles the 'pale adult, Sooty' race depicted in Sibley, though not > perfectly. Steven Mlodinow promises to chime in on the sub-species/origin > of this bird later. Some pics of this Fox Sparrow can be seen at the > following links. > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lochkilpatrick (when he gets them posted) > http://www.pbase.com/gwalbek/2012_birds > > Glenn Walbek > Castle Rock, CO > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
