On 26 July, on County Road 108 between Roads 69 & 49 in the Pawnee Grasslands, I saw a sparrow that I couldn't ID, and would like some help, please. It flew before I could photo it. It was perched on a fence with a large flock of Lark Buntings. I name it sparrow because of the shape, patterning, and the bright pink legs. It was quite pale overall, cream color, with pale brown sparrow-like striping, no Lark Bunting-like pale wing patch, and a "wingbar" of very dark brown spots probably on the secondary coverts. It had a big bright yellow supra-loral, like a bright Savannah Sparrow, and a bright yellow streak along the leading edge of the folded wing. It's mouth was open in the heat so I didn't get a good look at the bill. Maybe a Savannah with some leucistic traits, but what about the yellow on the wing? Any clue?
Notable on the trip we're the large flocks of Lark Buntings in the roadside sunflowers, and their predators, a juvenile Peregrine Falcon, a juvenile Prairie Falcon, and, sadly, a dead juvenile Swainson's Hawk, with the parents flying around above and keening. -- 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/fecaac21-36e9-43c5-8fba-9efe06b61f34%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
