<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpa2c2b3cyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="ydpa2c2b3cyiv3395105560"><div><div style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" class="ydpa2c2b3cyiv3395105560yahoo-style-wrap"><div dir="ltr">Hi all,</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Delia and I were befuddled by a Sparrow at Butyl Creek today. We both were operating under the useful-yet-completely-misleading mantra "smooth back makes it a Fox Sparrow," but this bird had ornate reddish stripes down its back. I apologize for the photos which were through glass and taken by a mediocre photographer (who me? what are you talking about?), but this bird is gorgeous and the warm reds and whites on it really pop.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">A Taiga of the Red complex I understand. Delia and I don't think we've ever seen them before, Brian Pendleton remembered them well--from NewFoundland!</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Cheers,</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Ed Newbold (and Delia Scholes) residential Beacon Hil ednewbold1@yahoo.com</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Here are the shots:</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><a href="https://ednewbold.com/red-taiga-visits-the-creek/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ed Newbold | “Red Taiga” visits the creek</a></span><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>