[Birdtalk] Cooper's or Sharpie?

[Milt Moody]

The bird looks like a sharpie to me mostly because of the head shape
and propotions. (...and, of course, because Kris Purdy thinks so).

I'm very interested in the spots on the "back":  I know it's supposed
to be present in both speicies but it seem to me from my experience
that it's more likely to be there on sharpies -- (actually I don't
remember seeing it in Cooper's).  I'm not sure if this is a local thing
or a figment of my imagination or a lack of enough experience to make a
good generalization (probably the latter).

They probably don't show it in the books because it's not a good field
mark for one or the other, but I'm wondering if there's any information
on whether it's seen more in one species or the other or if there are
any local trends. (I've wondered, for years, what's going on with this
spotted thing with sharpies and Cooper's).  Does anyone know anything
about that?

Thanks,
Milt

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