Looks like Austin beat me to the punch…
Cliff
On 4/14/20 5:55 PM, Austin Young wrote:
Vesper Sparrow! Reddish “shoulder” and white
outer tail feathers are the primary field marks visible here.
Austin Young
Pocatello
On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at
17:46 Robert Kiernan <
photobirder@…>
wrote:
Any sparrow experts out there not the best
view this was seen flats above swan falls about 1/12 mi
east swan falls rd. Help Id.thanks
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Austin Young
younaust@…
Undergraduate Student
Ecology and Conservation Biology Club President
Idaho State University
Pocatello, Idaho
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Cliff and Lisa Weisse
Island Park, Idaho
cliffandlisa@...
OK, rusty lesser wing coverts, white tipped black centered median
wing coverts, white edge of tail – I’ll go with Vesper Sparrow.
Cliff
On 4/14/20 5:45 PM, Robert Kiernan
wrote:
Any sparrow experts out there not the best view
this was seen flats above swan falls about 1/12 mi east swan
falls rd. Help Id.thanks
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Cliff and Lisa Weisse
Island Park, Idaho
cliffandlisa@...
Vesper Sparrow! Reddish “shoulder” and white outer tail feathers are the primary field marks visible here.
Austin Young
Pocatello
Any sparrow experts out there not the best view this was seen flats above swan falls about 1/12 mi east swan falls rd. Help Id.thanks
check this out, folks… =)
from Science News, 11 Apr 2020 (originally in Nature, 12 March 2020)
Larry
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