To: Don W
By your bird list, I can tell you're a westerner.
My hunch is that your unidentified striped sparrow is a white-crowned sparrow.
This time of year, hundreds of thousands of them overwinter throughout the western states.
103 posted on
12/16/2014 5:49:59 PM PST by
Flycatcher
(God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
To: Flycatcher
After some research, it appears that I had a visit from a small flock of
Pine Siskins (carduelus pinus)!They were finches, not sparrows.
I have heard that a spotted towhee and varied thrush have been spotted in the area, so I eagerly await their appearance at my feeder.
105 posted on
12/16/2014 8:08:22 PM PST by
Don W
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