Nice photos, Bill, of a nice bird. Just to make it clear and save the sterling Denver Audubon Master Birder Class of 2015 going to the trouble of a mass response, Lark Buntings ARE, indeed, sparrows. At least I think so, unless the AOU just last night lumped them with Thick-billed Murre. Colorado is the only state to honor a sparrow with the status of "Official State Bird". My guess would be this is not because our legislature is particularly ornithologically enlightened but rather enamored of the printing cost-savings that might accrue from having a black and white mascot.
Dave Leatherman Fort Collins Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 08:56:33 -0600 Subject: Re: [cobirds] Re: Sparrow ID El Paso county (pictures) From: [email protected] To: [email protected] CC: [email protected] This sparrow "look-alike" looks like a Lark Bunting.The big white wing patch is a strong clue, and the bill is larger than most other sparrows.Sibley has a cool list of birds that look like sparrows,but are not. (page 492 of the first edition). I have recently mis-identified 9 of the last 7 bird photos I looked at, so let's wait for another opinion. Joe Roller, Denver On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 8:02 AM, kickback <[email protected]> wrote: Thanks to all for the comments explaining that this bird is a female lark bunting! Bill On Monday, September 7, 2015 at 11:53:37 PM UTC-6, kickback wrote:I think this is a Savannah sparrow but I am not very sure. Seen near Drennan road by the airport http://www.avoapples.com/birds/_MG_7041_cr.jpg http://www.avoapples.com/birds/_MG_7053_cr.jpg Please send me your comments. Thanks Bill El Paso county, Colorado Springs [email protected] -- 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/ac2c50aa-82a1-41cb-aab1-2bd0d14e8424%40googlegroups.com. 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/CAJpZcUCSQX4PPu_W4nAu8Sv2S95XFXEJ%3DMznV7%3DS3hFPEJgeFQ%40mail.gmail.com. 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/SNT148-W79188B474044A1DA9628F7C1530%40phx.gbl. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
