Hi Mark,
Looks good for a standard Song Sparrow.
Frank
On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Mark Johnson <mj3151...> wrote:
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> I just posted 6 photos of a bird I saw on Riley Roberts Rd. yesterday that
> has me stumped. It has roughly the profile of a Seaside Sparrow, but is
> marked more like a Song Sparrow. When I first noticed the bird, it was
> walking and bobbing along face down, one foot in front of the other like a
> Lapland Lonspur or Horned Lark, picking at the ground. It has a very long
> bill and flattish head, longer tail than you would expect with an
> ammodramus sp. and the tail is reddish and narrow with no white edges,
> strong white supercilium and throat, distinct kind of speckled streaking of
> the breast, dark spot in the middle of the breast, no trace of gray in the
> breast, and no trace of a yellow supraloral. What am I missing? Here's a
> link to the photos:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/27381338@N03/8640054805/in/photostream/
>
> Mark Johnson
> Aberdeen, MD
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