[Birdtalk] Re: Harris sparrow on Jordan River

[Jeff Bilsky]

Unfortunately none of my photos (screen shots) turned out - the video camera
kept focusing on branches so the photos I have are really not worth sharing.
Perhaps someone with a good camera will track this guy down. Like Alan said,
tape really didn't seem at all necessary or effective. The bird flew back
and forth from the South Side to the North side of the river a few times -
we found it and lost it a couple times before we all got good, conclusive
looks at the bird. It appears to have a bit more black on the face than the
first winter pic in Sibley's but other than that and the bill not quite
matching as previously mentioned, that is a good representation of what to
look for. Good luck and great thanks to Alan for the life bird!

Jeff



On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 1:43 PM, Alan Rogers <rogers at anthro.utah.edu> wrote:

> > I saw a 1st-winter Harris's sparrow this afternoon (Sat, 4/11/09) on
> > the Jordan River, just S of the car park at 3119 S, 1100 W.  It was
> > in a flock of white-crowned sparrows.
>
> Returned at noon today (Sun, 4/12/09) and found that Pomera Fronce was
> already there looking for the Harris's sparrow.  Jeff Bilsky and Carl
> Ingwell arrived a few minutes later.  The Harris's is still there.  It
> flocks with the white crowneds that (both yesterday and today) hang out
> within about 50 yards S of the small car park, alternating between the
> two sides of the river.  It is utterly uninterested in recordings of
> the Harris's sparrow song.  All of us got to see it, and it was a lifer
> for all of us but Pomera.  Jeff got a photo, which he plans to post.
>
> Alan Rogers
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Jeff Bilsky
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