http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/2001/sparrow/unst8.htm

Rahne Kirkham wrote:
>
> Maybe I'm just not seeing the sparrow for the feathers but, while birding
> off Frager rd. in Kent, my niece and I saw a sparrow that we simply can't
> place and I've looked through all my field guides. He was sitting in a berry
> bush and we saw him from the back and side. He had a black or dark cap,
> clear gray chest except for just the tiniest bit of marking coming down from
> the chin.Stripey back with two of the most beautiful rufous stripes on
> either side of his back making almost a v. No stripes on face. I've thought
> it was a savannah sparrow, a dotless song sparrow or even a really lost
> Harris sparrow but nothing looks exactly right. Help, O Tweets. Help!
> We also saw a very wonderful, curious river otter at Lake Fenwick that
> watched us as intently as we watched him and just about every kind of duck
> that is reasonable to expect in the Kent Valley including a Ruddy Duck.
> Whoopee!
> Rahne Kirkham
> Federal Way, Washington
> rahnek at foxinternet.com
>
> There are no unimportant people.

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A child who becomes acquainted with the birds about him
hears every sound and puzzles out its meaning with a cleverness
that amazes those with ears who hear not.

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