Thanks to everyone who replied to my request for ID help. The consensus is
that this bird is an immature white crowned sparrow. I appreciate all of
the speedy, friendly replies!
Monroe Harden
Havre de Grace, MD
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> Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 3:44 PM
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> Subject: [MDOSPREY] Extralimital (Texas) Sparrow ID question
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> Hi everyone,
>
> Since everyone loves an ID quiz, I thought I'd toss out a question. I
> recently took a trip to El Paso, Texas and did some birding
> before my work
> activities started. I photographed the sparrow shown on the
> web page linked
> below, but I am having trouble sorting out which type of sparrow (or
> something else) it is.
>
> Since this is OT, please reply with any ID suggestions to me
> privately at
>
>
> The photos are here: http://monroe.20m.com/huecosparrow.htm .
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Monroe Harden
> Havre de Grace, MD
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