[mou] WHITE HEADED Sparrow in Duluth....

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Had a backyard visit from the rare White Headed Sparrow in Duluth, MN.  
today:)  I will post a picture in the Minnesota Gallery of MOU of this  little 
sprite.  It's actually a leucistic white throated sparrow, but the  head is almost 
completely white.  My wife thought it looked like a "little  bald eagle."  
Before viewing the image, keep in mind that it was shot  through a window and 
was taken only as a record, in other words, (not the  world's greatest image:)  
I'm hoping like mad that the bird will return  tomorrow, so that I can have 
one more chance to photograph it (with the window  open).  Interestingly, during 
the past two days, white throated, song, and  house sparrows, have been 
joined by purple finches, a common redpoll, and juncos  simultaneously on this one 
tray feeder, however, any time the white headed white  throated sparrow came 
to the tray feeder NO other birds would stay on the feeder  with it.  And 
furthermore, while it fed, no other birds tried to challenge  or kick it off the 
tray feeder even though several birds were waiting to come  back and feed.  
Interesting....Happy Birding, 
Shawn Zierman, Duluth.



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