Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 14:05:48 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Bill Ellis Subject: Re: Carroll County Sparrow Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Bonnie: As a novice at sparrows, I am referring to the book Sparrows and Buntings - A Guide to the Sparrows and Buntings of North America and the World. It seems that the First-winter Swamp Sparrow (plate 52) also has fine streaking on a buffy breast, as does the Juvenile Field Sparrow (plate 75b), although the face and cap are not that similar for the latter. Is Jizz pretty important for the Lincoln's? Are there other reliable diagnostics to differentiate from the 1st Winter Swamp? Bill Ellis Eldersburg Carroll Co. At 07:28 AM 11/3/02 -0500, you wrote: >> >> a specimen popped into view of which I >> can only describe as being similar to a song sparrow, however, more >> dainty, with finer breast streaks and a buff color about it. > > A wonderful description of a Lincoln's! I think of the breast >streaks of Lincoln's being drawn on carefully with a fine ink pen. A Song's >are heavier (as a rule) and appear like they have been painted on with a >thicker brush. The buffy wash on the breast of a Lincoln's is always >apparent to some degree, some can be very yellow buffy and some more washed >out and pale in color. Breast spots-as in songs- can be bold, moderate or >non-existent. There is a different tone to the gray colors on Lincoln's in >comparison to song sparrow. If the light is good then they tend to have a >very slight olive tone to the gray. > "Jizz" is very helpful- they usually are "cresting" their little heads. >Whenever I see a Lincoln's I always think they are the most beautiful of the >sparrows! > >Bonnie Ott >Howard County Field Trip Chair >Ellicott City, MD > >======================================================================= >To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com >with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey >======================================================================= > ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================