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From: Ivorybilld at aol.com <Ivorybilld at aol.com>
To: Tweeters at u.washington.edu <Tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Wednesday, October 15, 1997 6:04 PM
Subject: Try again: Newbie with Sparrow question-Backyarding


>In a message dated 97-10-15 13:04:50 EDT, listproc at u.washington.edu writes:
>
><< Subject: Newbie with a sparrow question-Backyarding
>
> This may be easy for most- well, here it goes anyways
> How in the world can you tell the difference between
> Fox Sparrows
> Lincoln Sparrows
> Song Sparrows
> I have a very deep brown sparrow, ground feeding mostly that has a
spottled
> chest and a very light eye stripe, the Audubon guide and Peterson's guide
I
> have are not very helpful. (or maybe I just can't tell the difference)
> I also have a sparrow that I thought was a Golden crowned but has no white
>on
> its head(or black) the center stripe is yellow with the two outside
stripes
> deep brown on its crown.(ground feeding also, typically late in the
>evening.)
> Help. (and if you have any input on good books for sparrow reference I
would
> be grateful)
>
> Ivory _ _
> Ivoryblld at aol.com ( 00 )
> Seattle, (rainy) WA (( ))
> ^^
> >>
>
>
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Hi!
There is really no sparrow like that, it might be a Northern Waterthrush.
That probably was a Golden-crowned Sparrow you saw. Every year when it
starts to get toward winter the golden-crowned start looking different.
That's now!


P.S I live up Deer Park road in Port Angeles . Your golden-crowned sparrows
probably do the same.
Elizabeth Noyes
Port Angeles, WA