Every year around this time I run into confusing sparrows that should be easy to figure out, but don't seem to fit a mold I'm used to. Usually it's misidentifying Song Sparrows. This year I photographed a bird off the dike at Rawlins Rd. game range in Skagit that looks very much like a Taiga Fox Sparrow, very different from the usual dark spotted version we see here on the Peninsula. In sending it around to my various enablers I got mixed reports so I've decided to get more. If you wish to add your two cents please check out the image at:


http://www.flickr.com/photos/37079820 at N07/


and let me know your thoughts. Thanks.


David Gluckman
811 22nd St.
Pt. Townsend, WA 98368
360 379-0360