I photographed a White-throated Sparrow yesterday at James River State Park
that has yellow marginal coverts:
http://www.symbolicmessengers.com/Blog2013/2013_11_13/WTSparrow_EA116337.jpg
I have never seen this feature before on a WT Sparrow, so I started doing
some research, and found that WTS sometimes hybridize with other sparrow
species such as White-crowned. I do have one photo of a WC Sparrow with
yellow marginal coverts that I took this past July in Seattle, Washington:
http://www.symbolicmessengers.com/Wildlife/NAmerica/Sparrows/WCSparrow_E9711
1.jpg
and I have photographed some Grasshopper Sparrows here in Virginia with
yellow marginal coverts:
http://www.symbolicmessengers.com/Wildlife/NAmerica/Sparrows/Grasshopper_Spa
rrow_D9447.jpg
http://www.symbolicmessengers.com/Wildlife/NAmerica/Sparrows/Grasshopper_Spa
rrow_E28460.jpg
Can anyone help me with the WT Sparrow? Is it a hybrid, or just a coloring
that some sparrows have?
Thanks,
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