This bird looks like a Sooty Fox Sparrow to me. Or at least it looks like a number of the Fox Sparrows I saw in Washington a month ago, and does not look like the Slate-colored Fox Sparrows I've seen in Colorado. Assuming I'm right, wouldn't this represent the first record of this form for Colorado?
Andrew Spencer
currently in Lima, Peru
-- On Sun, Oct 21, 2012 at 6:21 PM, Glenn and Laurie <juncos@comcast.net> wrote:
--Folks,Kirk H. mentioned a couple of the good birds we saw today. Additionally at Flagler we observed 2 Harris's Sparrows, a Swamp Sparrow (Kathy Dunning only), Field Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Lincoln Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow and White-throated Sparrow. In Lincoln County we saw 4 Golden-crowned Kinglets. Pertaining to the Fox Sparrow in Lincoln County, this bird is very brown to reddish brown all over, up to and including it's head, neck and back. It does show traces of gray in the head and face but it appears to me too little for the Slate or Canadian Rocky races. The bird resembles the 'pale adult, Sooty' race depicted in Sibley, though not perfectly. Steven Mlodinow promises to chime in on the sub-species/origin of this bird later. Some pics of this Fox Sparrow can be seen at the following links.http://www.flickr.com/photos/lochkilpatrick (when he gets them posted)Glenn WalbekCastle Rock, CO
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