Well........we got one out of five anyway. :-)

Jerry and Sandy
Grand Coulee, WA

Mike Patterson wrote:

> #2 is way more likely to be a juv White-crowned Sparrow (check the
> length of the tail, not to mention the habitat).
> #4 is also a Brown-headed Cowbird juv
> and #5 is a California Gull juv plumage
>
> sanjer at televar.com wrote:
> >
> > We think that bird no.1 is a molting immature male BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD
> > (compare with Peterson's). No.2 a GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. No. 3 a WESTERN WOOD
> > PEWEE. No 4 no idea. No 5 a juvenile HERRING GULL; assuming there is allot
> > of light reflection off the bird. We say that because the dead fish in the
> > left photo is reflecting allot of light. We think this would make the bird
> > appear whiter then it really is.
> >
>
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