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Chipping Sparrow

Spizella passerina

Description:

Throughout the year, adults are gray below and an orangish-rust color above. Adults in alternate (breeding) plumage have a persimmon-red cap, a nearly white supercilium, and a black trans-ocular line (running through the eye). Adults in basic (nonbreeding) plumage are less prominently marked, with a brownish cap, a dusky eyebrow, and a dark eye-line.

Habitat:

coniferous forest

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DonnaPomeroy
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DonnaPomeroy

California, USA

Spotted on Aug 6, 2013
Submitted on Oct 10, 2013

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