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Re: Monday at Mason's Farm
- To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
- Subject: Re: Monday at Mason's Farm
- From: Joshua Stuart Rose <jsr6@duke.edu>
- Date: Tue, 26 Oct 1999 15:24:48 -0400 (EDT)
- In-Reply-To: <web-627369@cellbio.duke.edu>
- Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, James Bloor wrote:
>
> My brother has been visiting from Scotland and yesterday was his last day so I
> took him out to Mason's Farm for some birding. We had a pretty successful
> morning particularly in terms of Sparrows. Amongst the usual culprits we had a
> VESPER SPARROW and a LINCOLN'S SPARROW. We also had a sparrow that we need
> advice on. Basically it was a pale, buffy, flat-headed sparrow that showed an
> obvious eye ring. The most striking feature was its very plain face - the
> eyering and a darker eyebrow were the only markings. There was no obvious crown
> stripe and the bird was mostly unstreaked below with just a few smudgy streaks
> on its flanks. Does anyone have any ideas?
An eyering and a flat head sounds like a Vesper Sparrow to me. How did
this bird differ from the definite Vesper that you reported?
Joshua S. Rose
Duke University
Department of Zoology
jsr6@acpub.duke.edu
http://www.duke.edu/~jsr6/