Yes, there were 3 young that I saw. One was beautiful white - looked like a moth when it flew through the sunshine. I noticed that they also appeared to have under developed body feathers - rather downy appearing. This was something we saw as a kid when we raised a couple crows with a similar condition - white wings and tail, but very late developing body feathers. We assumed at the time it was nutritional rather then genetic, but hey, we were like 13 :-)
Joe On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 9:04 PM, Jim Murdock <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks. This bird has more markings and less white than the ones I saw. > ------------------------- > Jim Murdock > Dept. of Mathematics (emeritus) > Iowa State University > Ames, IA 50011 > [email protected] or [email protected] > > > > On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Thamnophis <[email protected]> wrote: >> Here is a link to a couple photos. They are certainly pretty birds - >> their white wings in flight. >> >> https://picasaweb.google.com/thamnophis/Sparrow# >> >> Joe > --- Please contribute your sightings to our list; it is only as good as members make it! --- Birding channel recommendation for FRS/GMRS radio use: Primary selection; channel 5/0 , alternate selection; channel 6/0 --- This mailing list is sponsored by the Iowa Ornithologists' Union. Membership available on-line at http://www.iowabirds.org/iou/membership.asp. ----- You are currently subscribed to ia-bird as: [email protected]
