From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Thu Apr 17 10:49:44 2003 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.7/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h3HHjrLa016370 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 17 Apr 2003 10:45:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp2.Stanford.EDU (smtp2.stanford.edu [171.64.14.116]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.7/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h3HHiuE6016317 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 17 Apr 2003 10:45:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from CTSURG-005e.stanford.edu (ctsurg-005e.Stanford.EDU [171.65.69.220]) by smtp2.Stanford.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h3HHisVf001492 for <[[email protected]]>; Thu, 17 Apr 2003 10:44:54 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Sender: [[email protected]] (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 10:44:44 -0700 To: [[email protected]] From: Grant Hoyt <[[email protected]]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: [SBB] White-throated Sparrow X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1+ Precedence: list List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] SBBirders--- On Tuesday evening, April 15, Karen called me out of my music studio to check out a bird in our back yard feeding area. A very drably plumaged zonotrichia-type sparrow was foraging next to a Golden-crown. The dull, light-brown lateral crown stripes and slightly richer brown on the mantle suggested something different, but it wasn't until we got the binoculars out and clearly saw a nicely formed white bib that we knew it was a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW. The chest was off-grey with some suggestions of grey blotches, and Karen thought she got a hint of a dull yellow loral spot. We're guessing it was a Ist-year bird still waiting to attain alternate plumage. The Golden-crown chased it off after about 30 seconds and it never returned. Anyway, it was a real treat. When I moved into this home (in south Los Altos) in Oct. of '75, I was renting from local birders Bob and Carol Yutzy. They informed me of the presence of a White-throated Sparrow in the yard, which was a lifer for me at the time. That bird overwintered, but Tuesday's sighting was the first in our yard since then. I went back in the studio and excitedly told my musician friends about this great bird in the yard; they just stared at me. ---Grant Hoyt _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. south-bay-birds mailing list ([[email protected]]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/options/south-bay-birds/south-bay-birds-archive%40plaidworks.com This email sent to [[email protected]]