And some blurry photos from my Centennial (Arapahoe) yard. <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4UUqy9_Aa6o/WdJHVFofNXI/AAAAAAAANtE/Xm9ganTyAVUEViehihLnvwp1Ld36nzZ4ACLcBGAs/s1600/DSC_0352%2BGolden%2BCrowned%2BSparrow.jpg>
<https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Rm77j5F9wbk/WdJHgq9BfEI/AAAAAAAANtI/_T7PCcPNtUgpNZ37sqUOV9zxNpe41R43wCLcBGAs/s1600/DSC_0364%2BGC%2BSparrow.jpg> On Monday, October 2, 2017 at 7:44:27 AM UTC-6, Jared Del Rosso wrote: > > This morning (10/2), I spotted a large sparrow foraging in my yard. Seen > through binoculars, themselves seeing through the kitchen window, I saw a > mostly gray-faced sparrow with a black lid to that face and a yellowish > spot atop it all. Though stupefied, this bird came to mind. > > I went outside to put down seed and look for this bird. My dog insisting > on joining me, and then insisted on crashing through the brush to chase > squirrels away from the feed. So there was no chance the sparrow would > visit the seed with us out there. I did see it, though, in a tree at the > border of my neighbor's yard and mine. It seems to be loosely associating > with a Spotted Towhee. The second view, though brief, affirmed the first. > The bird called a few times, too. Though I'm tone deaf and unable to > describe any qualities to sounds, it seems to me to be the right call for > this bird. > > I hope it returns to the seed, and I hope to get a photo. But I reserve > the right to be wrong on all of this. > > - Jared Del Rosso > Centennial, 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/83cecef7-6a7a-47df-a2e0-64f0bca2e4e1%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
