Re: [cayugabirds-l] Fox Sparrow musings - possible intergrade at Liddell?

2016-01-31 Thread Jay McGowan
ter > Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2016 8:37 PM > To: CAYUGABIRDS-L <cayugabird...@list.cornell.edu> > Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Fox Sparrow musings - possible intergrade at > Liddell? > > To me, Fox Sparrows are a special challenge, even though they are big, > boldly colore

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Fox Sparrow musings - possible intergrade at Liddell?

2016-01-31 Thread Meena Madhav Haribal
AYUGABIRDS-L Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Fox Sparrow musings - possible intergrade at Liddell? Hey all, Thought I would chime in briefly about the Fox Sparrow. I agree that it is darker than the majority of the birds we get passing through the area. I don't think it is out of the range of varia

[cayugabirds-l] Fox Sparrow musings - possible intergrade at Liddell?

2016-01-24 Thread Dave Nutter
To me, Fox Sparrows are a special challenge, even though they are big, boldly colored, and easy to ID for a sparrow. We typically only see them here during migration because they breed in the boreal forest across Canada and they winter in the southeastern US. That narrows the time frame to see