On Wednesday, July 25, 2012 11:16:32 AM UTC-4, Steve Jones wrote:
> Seen a few days ago, the sparrow had a yellow and white tag on one leg and a red/white tag on the other. I'd be interested to learn more about what the purpose of the banding is.
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> On the same visit, found chestnut-sided, redstart and numerous yellowthroat warblers.
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> Steve Jones
> Bethesda, MD
Hi Andy,
Sorry,but I'm not sure. I'd like to be able to say it was a Henslow's but the markings were somewhat indistinct and I didn't get a good look at the whole bird. There were Song and Swamp Sparrows in the vicinity (a meadow/low brush area about 1/2 of the way out to the pond) and the bird could conceivably have been an immature of either - it did seem small for a Song and lacked distinctive malar striping, rounded tail or breast spot. Any ideas about the banding?
Steve
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