[EBB Sightings] Clay-colored Sparrow, Alameda

Here are some photos of the Clay-colored Sparrow from Alameda:

http://tinyurl.com/y9mreqt

Click the "All Sizes" button above the photo to see a larger version. 
Click the thumbnails in the box to the right labeled "Clay-colored 
Sparrow (Set)" to see a few more photos of the same bird.  Sorry for the 
convoluted Flickr interface - Pbase, where I usually post photos, is 
currently down.  Comments or corrections on the ID are welcome.

Also, I misspelled Elsie Roemer in my earlier post.

Good birding,

Glen Tepke
Oakland



Glen Tepke wrote:
> I had what I am pretty sure was a Clay-colored Sparrow this morning 
> (~7:35) in Alameda.  It was in fennel along the south side of Shoreline 
> Drive adjacent to Elsie Romer Bird Sanctuary, between the intersection 
> of Shoreline & Broadway and the viewing platform (the platform along 
> Shoreline, not the one further east that is accessed by a trail parallel 
> to Bayview).  After a short while, it hopped over the fence into the 
> heavier brush in the Sanctuary, and I couldn't relocate it.  But it 
> didn't look like it went very far.
> 
> The bird was very pale and lightly marked, but I think the pale lores 
> and whitish median crown stripe, white and pale buff underparts (as 
> opposed to gray), and lack of white eye-ring together eliminate Chipping 
> and Brewer's.  I'll post some photos later.
> 
> The world's most frequently reported Pectoral Sandpipers continue at 
> Coyote Hills in the previously described area.  Four birds flushed just 
> as I arrived ~11:00; two later returned and provided close views and 
> many photo ops.
> 
> The butterfly garden at mid-day offered a slow but steady trickle of 
> migrants and winter arrivals:
> 
> Hermit Thrush
> Yellow Warbler - 2
> Wilson's Warbler - 2
> Western Tanager
> Golden-crowned Sparrow - 2
> White-crowned Sparrow - several
> Black-headed Grosbeak
> 
> Glen Tepke
> Oakland
> g.tepke (at) comcast (dot) net
> www.pbase.com/gtepke
> 
> 
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