I said:
>> I also saw several sparrows I was unable to properly identify, they
>>were in the grassy fields between the North Bluff and Hidden Valley.
>>Clear breasted, Rusty backed with lighter brown eye stripes and
>crown. I thought they might be Swamp Sparrows, but I'm not sure.

And Dennis replied:

>I would guess immature White-crowned Sparrows. The immatures have
>marked head stripes just like those of the adults except brown and gray
rather >than black and white. The head often looks very slightly
crested, or at least
>angular rather than smoothly round.

I also considered immature White-crowned Sparrows, and at least one
that posed for me was crested, but since I saw no adult white crowned I
wasn't sure of that ID. They were all over the North Meadow, as I walked
on the trails through the grass I was constantly flushing them out,
accidently of course.


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Cliff Drake
Ballard, WA
Birder at Juno.com