Subject: [Tweeters] RE: [obol] need mid-west Sparrow and Chickadee help ...
Date: Oct 28 23:04:52 2008
From: Lyn Topinka - pointers at pacifier.com



gosh ... I hadn't noticed the feet ... they do look wierd !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've heard back from one Ohio bird-list person already (gosh, it's
after 1:00 back there, they must be burning the midnight oil) who
thought juvenile Chipping or juvenile American Tree Sparrow ... he
asked about size, saying if it was a smaller bird then it would be
the Chipping ... unfortunately I was so busy shooting images that I
cant say how his size compared to the House Sparrow ... I wasn't
really aware I had taken a picture of a non-House Sparrow until I
looked at the images later that evening ...

later,
Lyn




At 10:46 PM 10/28/2008, David Irons wrote:
>Hi Lyn,
>
>The sparrow is definitely a Chipping for reasons suggested by Craig
>Tumer. I would add that this bird has dark lores (Clay-colored
>Sparrows have pale lores) and the median stripe on the crown is not
>quite as obvious as it would be on a Clay-colored, which serves to
>make the bird look like it has a pretty solid crown.
>
>I also agree with those who offer that this is a Black-capped
>Chickadee. Even though the image is a bit blurry, you can see what
>appear to be white edgings to the tertials and secondaries, which is
>a helpful mark in separating Black-capped, which shows fairly bright
>white edgings, from Carolina, which shows less obvious pale gray
>edges to these feathers.
>
>One final note, what is going on with the feet on the Chipping
>Sparrow? They look a bit deformed and like they have some abnormal growths.
>
>Dave Irons
>Eugene, OR
>
> > Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:14:46 -0700
> > To: obol at oregonbirdwatch.org
> > From: pointers at pacifier.com
> > CC: tweeters at u.washington.edu
> > Subject: [obol] need mid-west Sparrow and Chickadee help ...
> >
> >
> > hi groups ...
> >
> > last week I was back in Silver Lake, Ohio (near Akron, Ohio) for a
> > few days ... I had lots of time to sit and photograph my dad's feeder
> > and the birds in his backyard ... among the MANY photographs I took
> > there were two birds which I could use help with IDs ... one was a
> > Sparrow which was mixed in with a bunch of House Sparrows, and the
> > other was a rather plain Chickadee ... unfortunately I have only one
> > image of each bird ... if anyone can help please click on the
> > following link to see those images ...
> >
> > http://columbiariverimages.com/Birds/OhioBirds/ohio_unknowns.html
> >
> > thanks,
> > Lyn
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Lyn Topinka
> > http://EnglishRiverWebsite.com
> > http://ColumbiaRiverImages.com
> > http://RidgefieldBirds.com
> >
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Lyn Topinka
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