Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 18:01:25 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Trisha Nyland Subject: Re: Carroll County Sparrow MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit As matter of fact, the first thing I noticed about this bird was the fact that it was "cresting" up it's head! This is exciting, thanks for the info! Trisha Nyland Bonnie Ott 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================