I watched a female song sparrow feed a fledged youngster this a.m., but I'm not sure the fledgling was a song sparrow. It was exactly the same size as the mother, maybe a little larger, overall grayish brown with some light streaking on the breast and belly. No brown streaks on the head like an adult song sparrow. The lower mandible was yellowish, top was shiny gray. The begging call sounded like a junco's trill.

If it was a cowbird juvenile, then some cowbirds have been busy around here, because there was an identical juvenile in a shrub nearby, maybe "belonging" to another sparrow family.


Brenda Burnett

Seattle

beaknbird at hotmail dot com



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