Gaylord,
This is a song sparrow who appears to have had an injury to the scalp which has subsequently healed. My experience with captive birds is that when a bird is scalped like this, and the injury is superficial, it heals quickly, but the feathers usually do not grow back.


Greg

Greg Toffic
Curator of Birds
Woodland Park Zoo
5500 Phinney Avenue N.
Seattle, WA 98103
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>>> Gaylord Mink <gmink at bentonrea.com> 01/31 9:31 PM >>>
On a recently field trip I took video of what
looks like a song sparrow with a partially bald
head. I would appreciate any comments from this
group about 1) is the identification correct, and
2) what is the problem?
Have a look at http://www.angelfire.com/wa/minkgi