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Passerella iliaca
The fox sparrow is a large, plump sparrow. Has a rusty rump and tail. Breast heavily streaked with triangular rusty spots, often clustering in a large blotch on upper chest. The fox sparrow looks very similar to the song sparrow.
In an open wooded area at Kinder Farm Park, Millersville, Maryland
That's awesome, congrats! I have only seen one, and haven't managed to get photos so I'm jealous of this! It's also weird that it is in a tree, they are usually on the ground. Beautiful birds though!
Thank you again Ashley. I would never have guessed this correctly. Both the fox and song sparrow are so similar. When I first took its picture, did not know it was a sparrow at all because of its larger size. Then, when I saw the dark spot on the chest, just figured it was a song sparrow after looking over Peterson's Guide to Birds. I think this is my first sighting of a fox sparrow so am thrilled. Thank you so much Ashley.
If you check out the link I provided with my suggestion, it points out the differences between song and fox sparrows. You'll notice the face pattern is a little different and the streaking on the breast of the fox sparrow is thicker than on the song sparrow. Pretty similar looking though!
Spotted on Dec 14, 2014
Submitted on Dec 17, 2014
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