At 09:16 PM 3/13/2005 Frank Powers wrote:

>  It was sparrow-like, with 2 yellow lores, complete eye-ring 
> (which seemed yellow), black mustachial stripe, white throat, 
> thick, dark streaking on flanks, chest, large head (and wi 
> beak, seemed 'cone-shaped,' not typical sparrow beak), crown 
> was weakly striped, sometimes seeming 'greenish' when the wind 
> would blow, dark streaking on back (no rufous that I could 
> see).  It never moved far from us, kind of 'crouching' down, 
> then scurrying ahead (this continued for 23-30 feet), til it 
> finally flew back in the opposite direction, low to the 
> ground, showing much white underneath & under its tail.

>Any thoughts on what this bird could have been?

Have you considered Dickcissel?

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Katrina Knight

Reading, PA