Right at this moment, there is a sparrow type bird on my deck which is primarily fawn backed (field sparrow color) with one or two fawn colored feathers running down a slightly notched, medium length tail between double-wide white outer tail feathers The bird also has white edging along the edge of the bend of the wing At about the area of a second wing bar, there is a white spot sort of suggesting a wing bar is coming or should be there. It has a flesh colored bill and pinkish legs like a field sparrow. I do not see an eye ring. I have had field sparrows here in the past, but only in the winter when food is scarce and they come here where it is easy to get. The bird is feeding well among the cardinals, house finches, house sparrows, mourning doves and rock doves who are hogging feed down right now. It seems to have trouble getting around, especially in landing after flight. I think it is either a young bird of some kind or a sick bird. I am at a loss as to what the bird is. Unfortunately, I am out of film. If any locals want to check with me, my number is in the NTOS directory. The bird has been out on the deck since 5:50 PM when it flew up from the deck to the rail after I let my poodles out. It came down to feed as soon as I let them back in. Dee Thompson Nashville, TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net Owner: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN jwcoffey@xxxxxxxxxx (423) 764-3958 =========================================================