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Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes gramineus)
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ID features include bold white eye-ring and whitish submoustachial stripe and rear ear-covert patch. The upper mandible is dusky brown and the lower pinkish or flesh-colored. Crown and nape conspicuously streaked with dark brown. Breast and flanks narrowly streaked with brown. Also note rufous lesser-coverts. There is also a pale center of the auriculars framed by dark.
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Iowa Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
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Gini~ says:
Great! I am beggining to love sparrows best.
Posted on May 3, 2006
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