[EBB Sightings] spice finch in crockett

Today and yesterday about this time this very distictive bird has been below 
our feeder. I spent alot of time trying to identify it yesterday but was 
unable to. Today he happened to be on the ground and a house sparrow was at 
the feeder. He is about one third less the size of the sparrow so i was 
looking at the sparrow in my sibleys guide and there he was on the next 
page. The size, the beak and the color all match except his chest looked 
black and white, very distintive. I'm about a half mile east of the new park 
here.   gina wheat, Crockett Ca