Study Of A Harris's Sparrow, Brandywine SP, DE, October 17th, 2008

    An adult, non-breeding Harris's Sparrow (Zonotrichia querula) has been seen for the past couple of weeks at the Brandywine Creek State Park on
    Adams Dam Road in Wilmington, Delaware. We went early this morning and spread fresh bird seed at the altar of the sparrows near the entrance
    of the park. Within minutes, the Harris's Sparrow, a midwestern bird and the largest of our sparrows, kindly arrived and posed for us. There
    were several other species of sparrows there also enjoying the feast, e.g. Lincoln's, Savannah, White-crowned, White-throated and Song. We
    stayed for about an hour and by the time we left to go to Bombay Hook NWR, there were at least seven or eight more birders remaining to get
    great looks at the bird.

Harris's Sparrow

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