[tn-bird] White-crowned sparrow
- From: Frank Fekel <fekel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2002 12:10:43 -0500 (CDT)
Hi all,
After 3 weeks in Australia it is good to be back in Tennessee. Over
the weekend I enjoyed seeing some spring birds on the NTOS outing
Saturday and my visit to Radnor Lake with Jan Shaw on Sunday. However,
like the Radnor sapsucker and WINTER WRENs, I still have winter visitor at
my feeder in Bellevue, Nashville, TN. In particular I again saw the lone
immature WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW at my feeders on Sunday evening. The molt
into adult plumage that I first noticed just before I left for Australia
is now well underway with white side stripes, but the two rufous stripes
through the crown have not yet been replaced by black feathers. Thus, this
bird is changing from the bottom up.
Frank Fekel
Tennessee State University
Center of Excellence in Information Systems
330 10th Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37203
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