[SBB] Pink Sided Junco
- Subject: [SBB] Pink Sided Junco
- From: Barbara Harkleroad <[[email protected]]>
- Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 08:43:50 -0800 (PST)
- Delivery-date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 11:47:12 -0500
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Tuesday morning I observed what I believe to be a Pink
Sided Junco. My first impression of this bird feeding
with WC and GC Sparrows was that I was seeing a pale
blue bird with a black mask. I knew I had never seen
anything resembling this before. Upon closer
examination after grabbing my binoculars, I saw it
from the back and could see the suggestion of a hood
that was a pale blue. The black mask reminded me of
the Cedar Waxwing's mask. Unfortunately for me, I had
to leave the house and be gone the rest of the day.
In winters past I have occasionally had light colored
Juncos in the yard seen at close range. Those birds
were clearly 1st year Oregon Juncos.
This has already been a good backyard year for me.
The 'Sooty' Fox Sparrow is a regular, as is the Hermit
Thrush. The American Goldfinch are a welcome sight on
the Nyjer feeder. The immature Cooper's Hawk makes
its presence known with fast swoops over the patio and
into the Pine tree.
Barbara Harkleroad
Almaden Area
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