A friend of my husband, Ken, sent him this photo to ask him to identify the
white bird on the fence. Without the usual markings, we are unsure what
the bird is. (We are leaning toward House Sparrow). You can see the bird
here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dgmorton/12726025764/. The photo was
I was doing mundane things on Saturday (censusing crows at the compost,
shopping for food and stuff, etc.), and happened on a couple of things of
possible interest to the local birding community.
First, although there were lots and lots of crows at the Cornell compost
facility on Stevenson Rd,
Thanks to all who responded to our query on the all-white bird. The
consensus is that it is a House Sparrow.
On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 1:38 PM, Diane Morton dianegmor...@gmail.comwrote:
A friend of my husband, Ken, sent him this photo to ask him to identify
the white bird on the fence.
Most of the flooded parts of the Mucks were still frozen but I could see
dabblers and geese moving around between the other spots. A strip of open
water runs from Mud Lock south to the railroad bridge and it is loaded. Many
Ring-necked Ducks and Canvasbacks among the other Aythya ducks,
