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Fox Sparrow, subspecies unknown, at the feeder in the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. November 10, 2002.
Viewed: 1855 times.
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| Sooty Fox Sparrow, which nest in Western Washington and are found in Eastern Washington during the winter, along the Jewett Pathway, Union Gap, WA. FEb. 4, 2006. Panasonic DMC-FZ20.
Viewed: 1385 times.
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| Sooty Fox Sparrow also at the feeding station along the Yakima Greenway pathway. Dec. 10, 2005. Panasonic DMC-FZ20.
Viewed: 1508 times.
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| Sooty Fox Sparrow at the Yakima Area Arboretum sparrow patch. Nov. 8, 2009. Panasonic DMC-FZ28.
Viewed: 1290 times.
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| Sooty Fox Sparrow #2 at the Yakima Area Arboretum sparrow patch. Nov. 8, 2009. Panasonic DMC-FZ28.
Viewed: 1242 times.
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| Sooty Fox Sparrow at the Yakima Area Arboretum "sparrow patch", Yakima, WA. Nov. 14, 2009. Panasonic DMC-FZ28.
Viewed: 1328 times.
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| Sooty Fox Sparrow at the sparrow patch at the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. Nov. 23, 2010. Panasonic DMC-FZ28.
Viewed: 1177 times.
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Sooty Fox Sparrow at the feeding station at the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. Oct. 19, 2012. Nikon Coolpix P510.
Viewed: 1131 times.
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| Sooty Fox Sparrow at Beacon Hill, Aberdeen, WA. Sept. 27, 2015. Nikon Coolpix P600.
Viewed: 963 times.
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| Sooty Fox Sparrow at the bird blind at the Yakima Area Arboretum in Yakima, WA. Note the dusky wash on the flanks, between the lower edge of the wing and legs. Oct. 13, 2017.
Viewed: 915 times.
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| Sooty Fox Sparrow at the bird blind in the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. It had been banded by Jeff Kozma. October 24, 2020.
Viewed: 421 times.
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| Slate-colored Fox Sparrow at the bird feeding station at the Yakima Area Arboretum. Note the grayish head and sparser and slightly finer markings on the breast, and redder wings and tail than Sooty Fox Sparrow. Much more pronounced markings on breast than Thick-billed Fox Sparrow Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. Nov. 18, 2012. Nikon Coolpix P510.
Viewed: 1117 times.
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| Slate-colored Fox Sparrow at the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA, bird blind. Oct. 31, 2013. Nikon Coolpix P510.
Viewed: 1117 times.
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| Partially leutistic Slate-colored Fox Sparrow at the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. Nov. 7, 2013. Nikon Coolpix P510.
Viewed: 1120 times.
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Slate-colored Fox Sparrow at the Yakima Area Arboretum bird blind in Yakima, WA. Oct. 30, 2015. Nikon Coolpix P600.
Viewed: 1030 times.
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| Slate-colored Fox Sparrow at the bird blind at the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. Nov. 5, 2015. This looks like a different individual than the Fox Sparrow in the photo dated Oct. 30, 2015. Nikon Coolpix P600.
Viewed: 1071 times.
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| Slate-colored Fox Sparrow at the Yakima Area Arboretum feeding station, Yakima, WA. Oct. 23, 2016.
Viewed: 1058 times.
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| Slate-colored Fox Sparrow at the bird blind at the Yakima Area Arboretum in Yakima, WA. Note the crisp markings on the breast and belly and, especially, on the flanks between the lower edge of the wing and legs. Oct. 13, 2017.
Viewed: 869 times.
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| Slate-colored Fox Sparrow at the bird blind at the Yakima Area Arboretum in Yakima, WA. FOSP. Oct. 20, 2017.
Viewed: 908 times.
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| Possible Thick-billed Fox Sparrow at White Pass Campground at the summit of White Pass, Yakima County, WA. May 28, 2006.
Viewed: 427 times.
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| It is possible this is a Thick-billed Fox Sparrow at the White Pass Campground at Leech Lake, Yakima County, WA. It is also possible it is a canescens Slate-colored Fox Sparrow, though that is unlikely. The nesting territory of Thick-billed Fox Sparrow comes much closer to White Pass, WA than does that of canescens Slate-colored Fox Sparrow. Digiscoped. June 30, 2007.
Viewed: 1550 times.
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Possible Thick-billed Fox Sparrow #2. Large bill with grayish lower mandible point to thick-billed. June 30, 2007. Digiscoped.
Viewed: 1414 times.
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| Possible Thick-billed Fox Sparrow #3. June 30, 2007. Digiscoped.
Viewed: 1371 times.
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| Possible Thick-billed Fox Sparrow near our camp east of Mt. Aix, Yakima County, WA. July 27, 2008. Digiscoped.
Viewed: 1413 times.
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| Another shot of the possible Thick-billed Fox Sparrow near our camp east of Mt. Aix, Yakima County, WA.. Large bill and grayish lower mandible point to thick-billed. July 27, 2008. Digiscoped.
Viewed: 1335 times.
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| Possible Thick-billed Fox Sparrow at White Pass Campground at the summit of White Pass, Yakima County, WA. July 13, 2013.
Viewed: 424 times.
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| Thick-billed (?) Fox Sparrow in the White Pass Campground, Yakima County, WA. July 13, 2013. Nikon Coolpix P510.
Viewed: 1058 times.
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| Possible Thick-billed Fox Sparrow at Leech Lake at the summit of White Pass along Hwy 12 west of Naches, WA. July 5, 2010. Digiscoped.
Viewed: 1299 times.
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Red Fox Sparrow at the sparrow patch in the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. Dec. 16, 2009.
Viewed: 451 times.
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| Red Fox Sparrow at the sparrow patch at the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. Jan. 24, 2010. Panasonic DMC-FZ28.
Viewed: 1371 times.
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| Another shot of the Red Fox Sparrow at the sparrow patch at the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA.. Jan. 24, 2010. Panasonic DMC-FZ28.
Viewed: 1279 times.
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| Leucistic Red Fox Sparrow at the feeding station at the Yakima Area Arboretum. Note how reddish the markings on the breast, especially, are. Jan. 6, 2014. Nikon Coolpix P510.
Viewed: 1173 times.
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| This photo of the Red Fox Sparrow shows the characteristic gray head with reddish markings and the deep red of the breast markings. Jan. 6, 2014. Nikon Coolpix P510.
Viewed: 1073 times.
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| Red Fox Sparrow at the bird feeding station at the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. Oct. 21, 2016.
Viewed: 1172 times.
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| Another shot of the Red Fox Sparrow at the bird feeding station at the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA, showing its breast markings. Oct. 21, 2016.
Viewed: 1073 times.
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Red Fox Sparrow at the bird blind at the Yakima Area arboretum in Yakima, WA. Reddish ear coverts, streaked back and red uppertail covers are field marks for Red FOSPs. The amount of yellow on the bill, especially on the upper mandible, varies on the Fox Sparrow in this photo and the two to the right, which indicates they are different birds. Oct. 22, 2017.
Viewed: 944 times.
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| A second Red Fox Sparrow at the bird blind at the Yakima Area arboretum in Yakima, WA. Oct. 22, 2017
Viewed: 980 times.
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| A third Red Fox Sparrow at the bird blind at the Yakima Area arboretum in Yakima, WA. Oct. 22, 2017. All three of the Red Fox Sparrows were photographed within a one hour period.
Viewed: 919 times.
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| Red Fox Sparrow at the Poppoff Trail sparrow patch in Union Gap, WA. January 1, 2018. Found by Eric Heisey on the Yakima Valley Christmas Bird Count on Dec. 30, 2017.
Viewed: 854 times.
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| Fox Sparrow that was apparently caught, hung on a barbed-wire fence and eaten by a Northern Shrike. Pretty gruesome way to go. Life in the wild can be cruel. Dec. 29, 2012.
Viewed: 1409 times.
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| Slate-colored Fox Sparrow at Washington Pass along SR 20 in Okanogan County, WA. July 22, 2020.
Viewed: 519 times.
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| Slate-colored Fox Sparrow at the bird blind in the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. Oct. 24, 2020.
Viewed: 534 times.
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Another shot of the Slate-colored Fox Sparrow. It had been banded by Jeff Kozma. Oct. 24, 2020.
Viewed: 468 times.
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| Slate-colored Fox Sparrow at the bird blind in the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. November 8, 2020.
Viewed: 457 times.
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| Another shot of the Slate-colored Fox Sparrow at the bird blind in the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. November 8, 2020. It was banded on the right leg at the bird blind by Jeff Kozma.
Viewed: 468 times.
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| Slate-colored Fox Sparrow at the bird blind in the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. November 12, 2020.
Viewed: 458 times.
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| Possible Slate-colored Fox Sparrow at the bird blind in the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. November 12, 2020.
Viewed: 495 times.
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| Slate-colored Fox Sparrow at the bird blind in the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. This is a different Slate-colored FOSP than the one photographed on Nov. 8 and 12, 2020, which was banded on the right leg. December 5, 2020.
Viewed: 473 times.
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| Another shot of the Slate-colored Fox Sparrow at the bird blind in the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. December 5, 2020.
Viewed: 539 times.
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Fox Sparrow that is possibly a cross between Red and Sooty. (I got someone's opinion on this; I didn't make it up!) Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. December 27, 2020.
Viewed: 473 times.
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| Sooty Fox Sparrow at the Evans Creek Preserve east of Redmond, WA. March 15, 2021.
Viewed: 471 times.
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| Slate-colored Fox Sparrow in Christopher Columbus Park, Tucson, Arizona. November 16, 2021. This sparrow has a damaged left eye. It seems to be getting along okay, though. November 16, 2021.
Viewed: 390 times.
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| Red Fox Sparrow with a Field Sparrow on a water feature in South Llano State Park south of Junction, Texas. March 14, 2023.
Viewed: 240 times.
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| Red Fox Sparrow at the Agarita Bird Blind in South Llano River State Park south of Junction, Texas. March 20, 2023.
Viewed: 227 times.
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| Red Fox Sparrow at the bird blind at the Yakima Area Arboretum. October 22, 2023.
Viewed: 223 times.
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| Sooty Fox Sparrow seen along the boardwalk section of the nature trail at the Clear Lake Day Use area. October 17, 2024.
Viewed: 98 times.
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Album: Passerines 
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