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Re: Harris's Sparrow/West. Tanager @ Cape Lookout



Wade Fuller wrote:
> 
> This morning (Monday, Apr 24) Bob Holmes and I birded Cape Lookout (NC)
> where we found both a Harris's Sparrow and a Western Tanager. Both
> birds were males in or very near breeding plumage.  

Not to take away from these sightings, but in the case of the Harris's
Sparrow I think that you must have meant adult plumage rather than male
plumage.  The sexes are alike.

Kent Fiala
Raleigh NC