Hugh and COBirders, I heard a singing Chipping Sparrow as I was jogging the Spring Creek Trail West in Fort Collins late this afternoon. I, too, thought it was very early for the Chippy. Ken Pals Fort Collins
On Sat, Mar 8, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Hugh Kingery <[email protected]> wrote: > Among the juncos and Tree Sparrows coming into our yard on Friday and > Saturday (Mar. 6-7), a Chipping Sparrow has joined up. It seems early, but > we can clearly differntiate it from the Tree Sparrows by several marks. (No > central spot, no rusty shoulder, fairly strong eye line, to the bill). > > It shows up sporadically -- we haven't seen it yet this morning. I took > some pictures of dubious quality but some show the field marks adequately. > > The snow brought back a passel of juncos - 60 or more - along with the > other usual species that we see out the windows. > > Hugh Kingery > Franktown, CO > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/8D10909CD2C3BF4-2930-1CDCF%40webmail-m151.sysops.aol.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/8D10909CD2C3BF4-2930-1CDCF%40webmail-m151.sysops.aol.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CABcRwwE_Gj-ZeZDNFxL-p%3DJAVCj9BtqN%2BCef1%2BFWkb1i79Cy6Q%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
