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Monday, June 8, 2020

GRASSHOPPER SPARROW, CAMERON RANCH,KAWARTHA LAKES,ONTARIO, 6/6/2020

    We can ID this Sparrow as a Grasshopper Sparrow as follows:

  • Flat headed with a dark brown crown having a central narrow whitish stripe
  • Flat head along with a large, conical bill for a small bird and thick neck gives this bird a distinctive look
  • Buffy face with whitish eyering, whitish supercilium and orange-yellow lores
  • Buffy and white underparts
  • Upperparts intricately patterned gray, black and rufous
  • Pink legs
  • Merlin bird photo ID app identified this bird as a Grasshopper Sparrow


   The Grasshopper Sparrow is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands  at 986.


















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