I am not as accomplished with Sparrows as I would like to be so when my son
asked about the bird in frames 16 - 19
(http://adamvalencic.com/uploads/10252008/) I had to plead uncertainty.  I
think it is a Swamp Sparrow (we saw it at The Mentor Marsh along the Wake
Robin boardwalk) but am not certain.



The last two images of this link (26 and 27) look a lot like a Mockingbird
to me.  I don't see many Mockingbirds in N.E. Ohio so I was again unwilling
to tell him for certain.  It is Robin-size, did a considerable amount of
tail-bobbing and displayed white outer tail feathers in flight.  We saw the
bird Saturday under the power lines near Lakeland Community College in
Kirtland, OH (just S of I-90 on Rt. 306).



Thanks in advance for you help,



Matt Valencic

Chagrin Falls, OH


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