[EBB Sightings] Fox Sparrow

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Birders,

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Saturday afternoon I had my first Fox Sparrow of the winter season in my
back yard here in San Ramon.  However, this was a different subspecies =
from
the ones we see in the Sierra during the summer or that I have ever had =
in
the yard before.  This bird had a definite reddish tail, scapulars,  =
median
and greater coverts.  The streaking on the breast was quite heavy and
reddish as well, though perhaps not quite as bright "foxy" red as we =
used to
see in St. Louis.  The lower mandible was very yellow, something I don't
recall seeing before.  The upper parts were not dark grey, but more =
brownish
gray.  He was not intimidated by the Golden-crowned Sparrows as he =
searched
for food under the thistle feeder (as is the little Lincoln's =
Sparrow-which
I have yet to see this fall).

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Are other birders seeing Fox Sparrows like this one around?

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Eugenia Larson

San Ramon


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font-family:Arial'>Birders,


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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Saturday afternoon I had my first Fox Sparrow of the =
winter
season in my back yard here in San Ramon.  However, this was a =
different
subspecies from the ones we see in the Sierra during the summer or that =
I have
ever had in the yard before.  This bird had a definite reddish =
tail,
scapulars,  median and greater coverts.  The streaking on the =
breast
was quite heavy and reddish as well, though perhaps not quite as bright =
“foxy”
red as we used to see in St. Louis.  The lower mandible was very =
yellow,
something I don’t recall seeing before.  The upper parts were =
not
dark grey, but more brownish gray.  He was not intimidated by the
Golden-crowned Sparrows as he searched for food under the thistle feeder =
(as is
the little Lincoln’s =
Sparrow—which I have
yet to see this fall).


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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Are other birders seeing Fox Sparrows like this one =
around?


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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Eugenia Larson


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