My guess is immature Golden-crowned Sparrow.

Gene Hunn.

On Mon, 29 Jan 1996, Peggi Rodgers wrote:

> I hope someone can help. I spotted a sparrow at one of my feeders this
> weekend that I couldn't ID. Minimal streaking on chest, speckled head
> (brown with lighter speckles) and three spots of yellow; one on either side
> of the beak in front of the eye and one in the middle of the forehead.
> There was a white eye band on the lower eyelid.
>
> It rather looked like a grasshopper sparrow but I couldn't make a positive
> ID. Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Peggi
>
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> Peggi Rodgers
> peggir at ori.org
> Eugene, OR
> "A bird does not sing because it has an
> answer, It sings because it has a song"
>
>