I've had a couple of odd juncos, too, including one with a half-white tail,
and one with white wing bars. Have you ever noticed that up close their backs
appear to be striped in gray and darker gray?

I haven't had a Fox Sparrow in years but today we had two of them.
I forgot how pretty they are!

--Pat

Pat Valdata, Elkton, MD | 
"The natural function of the wing is to soar upwards
and carry that which is heavy up to the place where dwells the race of gods.
More than any other thing that pertains to the body
it partakes of the nature of the divine." --Plato