[Tweeters] North Jetty Spizzella looks quite fine for a Chipping Sparrow to me!

[Brad Waggoner]

Hi Mike and all,

This might seem like I am coming to the defense of my younger brother 
Kevin who submitted the eBird list with the Chipping Sparrow at the 
North Jetty on Thursday, but rather I am concerned that a number of 
folks in the eBird and Tweeters community might become quite confused on 
fall spizzella ID if they were to believe you as to it being a 
Clay-colored Sparrow. It looks damn near a slam dunk for a winter adult 
Chipping Sparrow to me. What is it about crimson color in the cap and a 
nice eye line extending into the loral area that make it anything other 
than a Chipping Sparrow? Please Mike, do tell what specific things you 
note about this bird that make you so confident it is a Clay-colored 
Sparrow.

Good birding,

Braad Waggoner
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