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Posted by Barry Heimlich on 15:29:51 05/12/13
In Reply to: Re: Le Conte's Sparrow at Bill Baggs/Cape Florida SP posted by Brian Rapoza
Boy, these birds sure look alike. I looked at images of both birds on Google Images and What Bird (iBird) and they sure are similar, even the fine markings on the head stripe. After looking at more female Bobolink and LCSP photos, I can't disagree with you, and Bobolink is far more likely in South Florida. Doesn't female Bobolink have an all black tail with very pointy tail feathers? The birds John Abbott and I saw had white outer tail feathers and didn't have points on their tail feathers. The beak is smaller relative to head than it seems on Bobolink images. Also our birds had streaked flanks and chest like Le Conte's. I plan to look into this further because I'm not sure which species this is. I will more of the photos I took at different angles.
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