Certainly a Song Sparrow; plumage pattern is typical. Plumage looks to be
lying especially flat for some reason; bill possibly larger than average
eastern Song Sparrow bill, but this may be partly an effect of the flat
plumage.
Jim Moore
Rockville, MD
On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Frank Fogarty <fogartyfa...> wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> Looks good for a standard Song Sparrow.
>
> Frank
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Mark Johnson <mj3151...> wrote:
>
>> **
>> 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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