On Thursday, April 11, 2013 2:57:08 PM UTC-4, Mark Johnson 2 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/
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> Mark Johnson
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> Aberdeen, MD
Hi Mark,
I agree that it looks like a Song Sparrow (I hesitate to say "just a Song Sparrow" since they are great birds and deserving of more), but, on another note, that was a spectacular photo of the Worm-eating Warbler singing. I can almost hear it!!
Rick Sussman
Woodbine,MD
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