[Tweeters] Vesper Sparrow in Burien

[Dave Slager]

Tom,

Have you considered whether it is a juvenile Dark-eyed Junco?

Dave Slager
Seattle, WA

On Tue, Jul 5, 2022 at 11:26 AM Steve Loitz <steveloitz at gmail.com> wrote:

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> That's quite unusual. There are breeding pairs of VESPs near the south end of Puget Sound. 15 or so years ago, I heard, then saw, a VESP on Chamber's Bay golf course.

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> Steve Loitz

> Ellensburg WA

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> On Tue, Jul 5, 2022 at 10:53 AM Tom Benedict <benedict.t at comcast.net> wrote:

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>> We had a visit from a Vesper Sparrow at our feeder this morning. It was accompanied by a Song Sparrow, so I was able to compare closely. The Vesper was much lighter and slimmer and had the white outer tail feathers.

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>> Birdweb.org says that Vespers are ‘rare’ in the Puget Trough. I wonder what brought this one into the Burien area today?

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>> Tom Benedict

>> Seahurst, WA

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