hi ... last December there was a similar looking sparrow at Ridgefield
Refuge ... folks there said it was a Golden-crowned White-throated hybrid
...

http://ridgefieldbirds.com/Images10Dec/RNWR_hybrid_sparrow_12-16-10_B.jpg

Mary, let us know what folks say about your bird ... you've got nice shots
of him ...

Happy Holidays,
Lyn






> Help please! I noticed a LBB with a very white throat in my West Seattle
> backyard yesterday. I thought it must be a white-throated sparrow but a
> friend suggests that the beak is wrong and it must be a gold-crowned
> sparrow with "a very pale throat." The thing is blazingly white (you might
> even say it glows!), not "very pale" but she's usually right . . .
>
> Photos are are here:
>
> http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/emmarytz/birds%20and%20cookies%20of%20December/?action=view&current=whitethroatedsparrow22december.jpg
>
> and here:
>
>
> http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/emmarytz/birds%20and%20cookies%20of%20December/?action=view&current=whitethroatedsparrowbackyard.jpg
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mary
>
>
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