This sounds like one of the western races. There are about half a dozen of
them in Sibley. The pink bill is odd, but the rest could be pink-sided.
Maybe.
Jerry
> Among the flock of juncos that are eating scattered sunflower seed behind
> our house since the snowfall, is a piebald one (I guess you would call it
> this?). It is the shape and size of the others, with a pink bill, but is
> light tea colored on the back, with white front, wings, and tail. We have
> named it Buffy -- probably a bad move as the Coopers flies by regularly,
and
> a harrier hunts the field in front of the house and occasionally is lured
to
> the back. |