Birding in British Columbia

A starting place for birding information for British Columbia, Canada. This web site features a birders discussion forum, links to birding newsgroups, articles and book reviews, checklists, regional hotspots, photo gallery, weather reports, and visiting birder information.
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 Post subject: Brown birds are beautiful, too.
PostPosted: Jul 19 2:55 pm 
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For a long time, I was confused about differences between song sparrows and fox sparrows. If you also shared that problem, here are a couple of photos that clarify some features:

Song Sparrow with white eyebrows and no chevron markings on the breast
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Fox Sparrow with chevron markings on the breast and yellow on lower mandible
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More photos at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8666250@N0 ... 399043598/


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 Post subject: Re: Brown birds are beautiful, too.
PostPosted: Jul 19 8:25 pm 
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They are indeed beautiful!

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 Post subject: Re: Brown birds are beautiful, too.
PostPosted: Jul 21 9:44 am 
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Thanks, that's very helpful!


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