LeConte's is a great bird. I managed to get one in 2004 in Texas with Bob Doe and others. I'd rank him up there with a Henslow's as among one of my favorite (and hard to find) sparrows.
Richard From: [email protected] To: [email protected] CC: [email protected] Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Le Conte's Sparrow photos Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:01:41 +0000 I didn’t get anything really good, but I have put the best of the LE CONTE’S SPARROW photos I took this morning at the bottom of http://picasaweb.google.com/KevinJ.McGowan/Fall2012Birds. First found by Tom Schulenberg on Saturday, the bird was rediscovered by Jay this morning at the same location: Freese Rd, Ithaca, Tompkins Co., along the pond north of Liddell Lab, on the west side of the road. Although none of the photos are great, they should confirm the identification with the most important characteristics: Bright, light buffy face, the same in the supercilium as in the lores, malar region and onto the upper chest. Thin dark streaks across the buffy upper breast. Belly unmarked white. Center of crown pale, bordered by blackish stripes on either side. Black line extending from the back of the eye over the top of the light gray auriculars, expanding into triangular dark patch. Heavy streaking on the flanks. The crown stripe eliminates Nelson’s Sparrow, and the dark flank stripes rule out Grasshopper. The bright buff face with light gray auriculars eliminates Henslow’s Sparrow, as well as Savannah Sparrow. Kevin Kevin J. McGowan Ithaca, NY [email protected] 607-254-2452 -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics Rules and Information Subscribe, Configuration and Leave Archives: The Mail Archive Surfbirds BirdingOnThe.Net Please submit your observations to eBird! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
