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Chipping Sparrow

Spizella passerina

Photo by Jellis
Published on Project Noah
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37.6464, -122.148

Field Notes

Description:

Grey undersides with no streaking. Back brown, black and white streaks on back. Light colored throat, black line across the eye and rufous colored cap. Bill is small and pointed.

Habitat:

This was spotted along a trail in the open with sparse large shrubs.

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Comments (1)
Jellis
Thank you Rob, seems once I find one I haven't spotted before I will start seeing them more. Hope so cause it was overcast that day. Next time I will take a tripod too cause some of my shots were shaky like the Ruddy Turnstone, Least Tern and the Phalarope
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PublishedMay 6, 2013

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