[obol] American tree sparrow?

[Hendrik Herlyn]

Hi Lisa,

I agree with Mike Denny that your bird is a Golden-crowned Sparrow with some sort of growth.

I'd like to say, though, that an American Tree Sparrow in NE Portland would be anything but boring - there's only a few scattered records of this species in Western Oregon, and it is always fun to find one of those beautiful little guys :-).

Good birding

Hendrik 

Lisa Ladd-Wilson <ladwil at comcast.net> wrote: Hello:
I am guessing that the bird in the photo (see link below) is an  
AMERICAN TREE SPARROW, which is so boring, I know.

But it seems a bit unusual, in that it has a very bright, very small  
red crown. Is this unusual, or am I just exhibiting my extremely  
limited lack of sparrow smarts?

This is a Not Good Photo. It was dark (nearly 6:30 p.m.), and I was  
shooting through a window. But you can get the gist of it:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sllw/1606815273/

Thanks for any comments!
Lisa
NE Portland


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