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	Clay-colored Sparrow
		Despite its subdued nature, a Clay-colored Sparrow can be spotted if a little time and patience are used to find the source of its odd song.
		Clay-colored Sparrows are often overlooked because of their plumage, habit and voice-all expertly contribute to an introverted lifestyle.
		Short, plaintive buzzes, despite their insect-like qualities, are produced by this small, subdued sparrow as it darts from aspen edges and shrubby fields.
	www.birdguide.com /brdpgs/561.htm

	Clay-colored Sparrow
		The most noticeble markings on this bird are it's brownish crown and black streaks and whitish or buff colored central stripe, whitish eyebrow and pale lores.
		Length 5 1/2 inches (14cm) This is a very majestic looking bird and seem to like to keep deep in the weeds as this image clearly shows.
		There are many more distinctive marking but read them bird books and learn them:) Song consists of short insect like buzzing sounds, Its flight call is a short sip like noise.
	users.ev1.net /~bige2000/claycolored.htm

	Model Rockets
		By making it turn rapidly, this screw scooped out the clay like an auger, and the hole was made little by little.
		The eagle that soars highest must be longer in descending to the ground than the sparrow or the partridge.
		We took a gayly colored horn to toot as we went, and two dippers to bail, if necessary.
	model_rockets.littletoms.com

	ABO - Arctic Warbler Winter 1999
		In addition to five species each of warblers and sparrows, I was treated to Tundra and Trumpeter Swans, plenty of ducks, numerous Arctic Terns, 200 Cliff Swallows, and not one other vehicle.
		The most commonly encountered passerines were White-crowned Sparrows, Wilson's Warblers, American Tree Sparrows, and Common Redpolls.
		This design, with artwork by Dr. George West, is available in a variety of colors and shirt styles.
	www.alaskabird.org /ABONewsletters/ABONews0011.html

	Clay-colored Sparrow, eNature.com
		Discussion The plowing of the prairies reduced the habitat of the Clay-colored Sparrow, but with the clearing of forests it has extended its range northeastward and now breeds in the eastern Great Lakes region.
		A small sparrow with streaked crown and buffy upperparts and clear gray breast; similar to an immature Chipping Sparrow but brighter, with rump brownish buff instead of lead gray, sides of neck gray, and buff cheek patch bordered above and below with black.
		Each spring and fall a few individuals, most of them immatures, appear on the Eastern Seaboard, where they can be difficult to distinguish from immature Chipping Sparrows, with which they often associate.
	www.enature.com /fieldguide/showSpeciesGS.asp?searchText=clay-colored+sparrow&curPageNum=1&recnum=BD0474

	Journal, Sep 2000 - Stuart Healy, Western U.S. Bird Guide
		Out again today with Bob and Toni Hartman from Silver Spring, MD. Our targets for the morning were Zone-tailed Hawk, Montezuma Quail, Common Poorwill, Thick-billed Kingbird and Five-striped Sparrow.
		It was quite a warm day and bird activity wasn't particularly high, and we recorded only 25 species on the island including OSPREY, SHARP-SHINNED HAWK, CALIFORNIA QUAIL, BELTED KINGFISHER, ACORN WOODPECKER, N. ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, SPOTTED TOWHEE, SONG SPARROW, WESTERN TANAGER and BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD.
		Save for BEWICK'S WREN, RUFOUS-CROWNED SPARROW and lots of PINE SISKINS, that was all I saw for a while.
	www.aztrogon.com /logs/2000/ml0009.htm

	Jan.-May 1999 Bird Notes from the Sandpiper (Lincoln Co., Oregon)
		Sparrow departures included CLAY-COLORED SPARROW at Thornton Creek on 5/6 (DF), FOX SPARROW at Thornton Creek on 5/15 (DF), GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW at Yachats on 5/17 (SaL & KH) and Wandemere on 5/27 (RC), and this season's only CHIPPING SPARROW by 3 Rocks Road along the Salmon River in Lincoln County on 5/24 (PP).
		Right now numerous dandelions are blooming, and the White-crowned and Golden-crowned Sparrows are cleaning off the dandelion seed heads as fast as they open.
		Although GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROWS overwinter at some sites, they are a spring and/or fall migrant at many sites; they arrived with a flourish in mid- to late April at Tidewater (BW) and Waldport (JW).
	www.oregonvos.net /~rbayer/lincoln/99bird-a.htm

	BISON Species Account 041820
		The clay-colored sparrow was listed as a rare transient (spring and fall) in the Sandia and Manzanita Mountains, within the Cibola National Forest (Bernalillo County) (Schwarz, 1995) 45.
		1995: Clay-colored sparrows of Fort Bliss are very rare from the end of April to the beginning of May, fairly common from the beginning of September to the middle of September, and are rare/irruptive from the middle of September to the end of October (Conservation Division, 1995) 51.
		Clay-colored sparrows are rare migrants at the White Sands National Monument, at Dona Ana and Otero counties 34.
	www.fw.vt.edu /fishex/nmex_main/species/041820.htm

	Clay-colored Sparrow
		The CLAY-COLORED SPARROW is a scarce but regular fall vagrant in California, especially along the coast or at desert vagrant traps.
		These are most of my personal Clay-colored Sparrow records (there may be a few more to be extracted from notes):
		However, blanket permission for use of descriptions by North American Birds editors in their research is granted, and serious researchers in general are granted permission to use the records cited herein.
	montereybay.com /creagrus/CAlistCCSP.html

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		The artist Kuelemans captures the vivid coloration and anatomical detail in spectacular hand-colored plates that are among the finest bird art ever produced.
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		This was to be the first of a 16 volume set with 400 color plates but due to the death of Lord Brabourne in 1915 only one additional volume containing 38 color plates by Gronvold was published in 1917.
	www.natural-history-books.com /docs/CAT32.txt

	Sparrows of North Dakota
		The top of this sparrow's head (crown) is brown with black streaks and a distinct whitish stripe running down the center.
		Next Sparrow -- Field Sparrow ( Spizella pusilla)
		There is a white line running above the eye from the beak to the back of the head (eyebrow).
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/2001/sparrow/unst1.htm

	Clay-colored Sparrow
		Although they breed in parts of New York state, Clay-colored Sparrow is very uncommon in the Finger Lakes region.
		In the photo the head looks surprisingly like that of a White-crowned Sparrow, but this diminutive sparrow would be difficult to confuse with a big, hulking White-crown.
		Discovered by Matt Sarver earlier in the morning, Jay and I found this attractive little sparrow late in the evening.
	birds.cornell.edu /crows/claycolor.htm

	Clay-colored Sparrow
		Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida, first-basic, Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin, California, USA, October 26, 2003.
		This individual was with a flock of Savannah Sparrows Passerculus sandwichensis at the south end of Abbott's Lagoon.
		Note the distinct, pale median crown-stripe and the lack of a dark line on the lores.
	www.badboybirding.com /CCSP_10262003.htm

	Chipping Sparrow
		Sections of the article include: variation in Chipping Sparrow, Clay-colored versus Brewer's Sparrows, intraspecific variation in Clay-colored and Brewer's Sparrows, separating the problem birds, and the small percentage of birds that "get away".
		This article takes an in-depth look at the differences between three sparrows in the Spizella family: Chipping, Clay-colored, and Brewer's.
		This two page spread describes through text and colored drawings how to identify this bird from similar species.
	www.kidwings.com /bmi/species/chippingsparrow.htm (83 words)

	FAVORITES FROM Maine's Monhegan island
		Throughout the trip Tom's feeders provided us excellent opportunities for sparrow study including Clay-colored and Chipping Sparrows side by side, close looks at Lincoln's Sparrow, and as many as four Lark Sparrows at a time.
		Within fifteen minutes of our arrival we were enjoying close up views of Lark and Clay-colored Sparrows at the feeding station of Tom Martin, The Bird Man of Monhegan.
		7) Clay-colored Sparrow--a feeder mate of the Lark Sparrow.
	www.birdtreks.com /highlites/memi.html (810 words)

	nebirds 10 May 1999
		Avocet Hudsonian Godwit Least and Semi-palmated Sandpiper Bairds and White-rumped Sandpiper Pectoral Sandpiper Dunlin Stilt Sandpiper Lesser Scaup Bonaparte's Gull Western Kingbird Clay-colored Sparrow Added 1 bird at Pawnee 8:20 pm Cooper's Hawk Finished the day at Conestoga with American Woodcock and the last bird of the day Long-eared Owl 9:30 pm.
		On May 06, at our home southeast of Gibbon, we saw a Field Sparrow, two male Rose-breasted Grosbeaks, lots of Baltimore Orioles including a couple females, only a few Harris's Sparrows, Clay-colored Sparrows and a Lincoln's Sparrow.
		Also on the 3rd, CLAY-COLORED SPARROWS & PINE SISKINS were seen on the UNK campus in Kearney.
	rip.physics.unk.edu /NOU/Archive/19990510.html (5743 words)

	15 sparrows, etc. HBSP to NW Ohio 5/10
		Gabe tipped Ray and I off to the presence Clay-colored sparrow at Headlands, and afterwords I found two CLAY-COLORED.
		Vesper sparrow is fairly common around NW Ohio but I had no particular place where I knew I could find one.
		With this in mind I swung by North Chagrin Reservation and found a territorial junco for sparrow (yes, they are sparrows) number 12.
	lists.envirolink.org /pipermail/ohio-birds/2003-May/000157.html (671 words)

	Eagle
		Sparrow, Harris's 274 Sparrow, Nuttall's 276 Sparrow, Western Tree 278 Sparrow, Clay-colored 280 Sparrow, Rusty Song 285 Sparrow, Lincoln's 287 Sparrow, Townsend's 289 Surf-bird 128 Swan, Trumpeter 86 Swallow, Barn 298 Swallow, Northern violet-green 300 Swallow, Rough-winged 302 Swift, Vaux 212 T.
	www.findword.org /ea/eagle.html (297 words)

	Field Sparrow
		Field Sparrow: Similar is the Clay-colored Sparrow which has a brown crown with a central stripe, a buffy cheek patch, gray nape, and whitish underparts with a buffy wash on breast.
		Field Sparrow: Four brown-spotted pale green eggs are laid in a woven cup-shaped nest of grass, lined with rootlets or fine grass and set on or near the ground.
		Field Sparrow: The call is a series of soft, plaintive notes, all on the same pitch, accelerating to a trill at the end.
	identify.whatbird.com /obj/210/_/Field_Sparrow.aspx (790 words)

	All About Birds
		Clay-colored Sparrow resembles winter and immature Chipping Sparrow.
		One of the smallest sparrows, it commonly nests in ornamental evergreens.
		A common small sparrow of yards, gardens, and forest openings, the Chipping Sparrow is probably best known for its dry, trilling song.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Chipping_Sparrow_dtl.html (437 words)

	Recent Central Mass Bird Sightings
		Birds of interest in Millbury/Sutton today are a Clay Colored Sparrow on Stowe Rd in Millbury, 1 Horned Lark + 3 Lapland Longspurs + 12 Am Pipits in the Whittier Farms Milk Store fields in Sutton, and 1imm Iceland Gull on Lake Singletary seen from the Millbury side that's been present since 11/8.
		This morning a somewhat late [?] Towhee was foraging under my feeders with a mixed flock of Juncos and White-throated Sparrows.
		Tree Sparrow at Broad Meadow Brook on Tuesday, 11/1.
	users.wpi.edu /~rsquimby/birds/recent.html (568 words)

	THE OTTER SIDE - S Images
		This Clay-colored Sparrow, in dull winter plumage, was photographed at the Cape May Meadows in New Jersey during fall migration.
		This Field Sparrow was photographed in mid-winter near a feeder in central, New Jersey.
		This "Eastern Red" Fox Sparrow was photographed in mid-winter at a cemetery in Lyndhurst, New Jersey.
	www.otterside.com /htmfiles/s019-t.htm (294 words)

	Chipping Sparrow?
		This is not a Clay Colored Sparrow because:
		As you can see from the photo this is a very small sparrow, approximately the same size or just slightly smaller than the Goldfinch next to it.
		After much consultation, advice and consideration, I have come to the conclusion that this is a Chipping Sparrow because of the exclusion of the possible altermatives, as follows:
	www.dyesscreek.com /miscellaneous_pages/chipping_sparrow.html (244 words)

	Harford MOS Newsletter for October 1998
		There were also Clay-colored Sparrows flitting around in the shrub and tons of Bank Swallows nesting in large banks of soft dirt.
		Northern Pintail, Gadwall, and Swainson's Thrush were observed there on September 13 (RC and DL), and an early White-throated Sparrow and Philadelphia Vireo were also in the spotlight at the Glen on September 21 (MH).
		Bob will offer his unique insights into the native flora and fauna; birdlife may include Wild Turkey, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Fox Sparrow, Purple Finch and winter irruptives.
	www.harfordbirdclub.org /v12n2.html (244 words)

	THE OTTER SIDE - S Images
		This Clay-colored Sparrow, in dull winter plumage, was photographed at the Cape May Meadows in New Jersey during fall migration.
		This Eurasian Tree Sparrow was photographed at a nature center near Nemuro on the island of Hokkaido, Japan.
		This "Eastern Red" Fox Sparrow was photographed in mid-winter at a cemetery in Lyndhurst, New Jersey.
	www.otterside.com /htmfiles/s019-t.htm (294 words)

	October 2000 Central Mass Bird Sightings
		Phoebe (5); Winter Wren (1); Golden-Crowned Kinglet (17); Ruby-Crowned Kinglet (20); Red-Eyed Vireo (1); Yellow-Rumped Warbler (64); Pine Warbler (4); Palm Warbler (1); Blackpoll (5); Black and White Warbler (1); Chipping Sparrow (45); CLAY-COLORED SPARROW (1: this bird was in the area with the Chippies, but not really with them.
		Though the numbers of sparrows counted may seem like a lot, this represents only a fraction of the numbers actually present because of the difficulty in accessing huge areas of prime habitat.
		The four common migrant sparrow species were in expected numbers, and Lincoln Sparrows made a decent showing.
	users.wpi.edu /~rsquimby/birds/oct00.html (4105 words)

	Ford sunflower fields
		However, field A has a lot of weed seeds, and had a good variety of sparrows, including a Clay-colored Sparrow.
		Horned Larks (23) were flying over field A on 15 Nov. Fields A and B both had two White-crowned Sparrows on 30 Nov. At least one Chipping Sparrow was at field A on 30 Nov.
		Highlights at Field A were Eastern Phoebe, six species of sparrows including Chipping, and over 450 Mourning Doves.
	www.umd.umich.edu /dept/rouge_river/fordsun03.html (286 words)

	May 10-11, 2002 Birdathon
		This is a migrant trap, and migrants found there included Black-and-white Warbler, Black-throated Gray Warbler, MacGillivray's Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, Brewer's Sparrow, Clay-colored Sparrow, Lark Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Brown Thrasher, Green-tailed Towhee, Hermit Thrush, Swainson's Thrush and Chimney Swift.
		Team members Nick Komar, Ollie Komar (my twin brother who was visiting from Kansas), Phil Cafaro, and Bobbie Tilmant began the count at 1 pm on Friday afternoon at Crow Valley Campground in Briggsdale (Weld County), part of the Pawnee National Grasslands (PNG).
		By mid-afternoon, we moved on to the Murphy's Pasture section of the PNG.
	www.fortnet.org /Audubon/activities/field_trip_reports/2002_may_10.htm (760 words)

	Bird Checklists of the United States
		___ Clay-colored Sparrow - Accidental on the north slope.
		___ Fox Sparrow - Common breeder on the south slope and in the Brooks Range, rare summer resident and possible breeder on the inland coastal plain.
		___ White-crowned Sparrow - Abundant breeder on the south slope, common breeder in the Brooks Range, locally rare to fairly common breeder on the inland coastal plain.
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/othrdata/chekbird/r7/arcticwr.htm (760 words)

	Maine Bird Alert 10_23_03
		including 2 CLAY-COLORED SPARROW, and 1 TREE and 1 FIELD SPARROW, 2
		SPARROW, SONG, CHIPPING, and SWAMP SPARROWS are still flocking, along with
		Many other sparrows were throughout backside of cemetery: SONG,
	www.curtislibrary.com /birds/me031023.htm (1266 words)

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