Photo 2598462, (c) kevinhintsa, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by kevinhintsa

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What

Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum)

Observer

kevinhintsa

Date

October 30, 2015 12:43 PM PDT

Description

A very tame individual . I was perhaps ten to fifteen feet away . Note the large pale bill , flat head with two bold stripes and a pale median stripe , buffy chest with a white belly , dark markings on the cheek but lacking any malar stripe , the pointed tail feathers , and the pair of pale marks ( braces ) on the back . The trace of dark markings on the breast probably indicates that this bird hatched this year and is not yet in full adult plumage .

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