Hello Hope:

How about maybe a Lark Sparrow? Just a guess based on your remarks
about the distinctive black spot....

Cheers;

Michael Fleming
Ballard, Washington
michaelfleming01 AT gmail.com





On 6/29/13, Hope Anderson <hopea1994 at aol.com> wrote:
> I've delayed posting this because I'm newer to birding but I am sure I saw a
> Canyon Towhee at the U Bar U Ranch pullout on the road from Omak to
> Conconully at the Scotch Creek Wildlife Area last Sunday during the birding
> conference on a side trip I did. It was with a Lazuli Bunting and I at first
> assumed it was a female but after looking up photos of the female it was
> clearly a different bird. It had a distinctive black spot in the center of
> its breast that it kept preening but it was not a Song Sparrow. Any other
> ideas? Or if there is anyone around there it might be worth checking out the
> area. Thanks for any input! I know the state is wrong but the habitat is
> correct.