Re: [MDOsprey] Red-necked Grebes at Conowingo

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>Your welcome Rick:
>
>My Red-neck was an imm., brown neck but cheek patch coming in whitish. When
>it flapped, I could see prominent white patches on the secondaries, but
>apparently no white on the leading edge of the wing. I think that this
>feature is variable in Horned as well.

Dave:

        My imm was similar to yours but didn't flap. It was a fairly
brownish bird but the cheek patch was nearly formed. I have not noticed how
variable the white on the leading edge is on Horneds. I rarely see them
fly.
        Friday I had a Song Sparrow with a white face, cheeks, and chest.
There was a dark auricular spot and the crown was reddish brown. The
streaking on the chest started just above the breast spot. Otherwise looked
like a normal bird. Stopped me for a minute though.

Rick

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Rick Blom
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