Could it have been an immature Junco?

== Michael Hobbs
== Redmond WA
== mikeho at microsoft.com


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>From: Bob Mauritsen[SMTP:rhm at ms.washington.edu]
>Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 1996 10:08 AM
>To: Tweeters Birding List Server
>Cc: Bob Mauritsen
>Subject: Small beige bird
>
>I hope someone can help with this one.
>
>It was slightly smaller than a house sparrow. The body seemed to be a
>sort of uniform beige with a hint of glowing orange in it. There was no
>eye stripe and the head was the same coloration as the body. The wings
>were blackish in the lower two thirds, with a brown bar of medium
>thickness, and perhaps lesser bars farther out. I didn't see it flying --
>only sitting in the tray at the bottom of the feeder, with mostly its back
>and side to me. It didn't seem as skittish as the sparrows. I didn't get
>a good look at the beak, since I was trying to memorize the body colors.
>But it's possible the beak was light colored. I don't recall what the
>shape of the beak was.
>