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Fox Sparrow, subspecies unknown, at the feeder in the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. November 10, 2002.
Viewed: 2092 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: 1596 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: 1737 times.
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| Sooty Fox Sparrow at the Yakima Area Arboretum sparrow patch. Nov. 8, 2009. Panasonic DMC-FZ28.
Viewed: 1494 times.
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| Sooty Fox Sparrow #2 at the Yakima Area Arboretum sparrow patch. Nov. 8, 2009. Panasonic DMC-FZ28.
Viewed: 1439 times.
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| Sooty Fox Sparrow at the Yakima Area Arboretum "sparrow patch", Yakima, WA. Nov. 14, 2009. Panasonic DMC-FZ28.
Viewed: 1521 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: 1417 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: 1323 times.
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| Sooty Fox Sparrow at Beacon Hill, Aberdeen, WA. Sept. 27, 2015. Nikon Coolpix P600.
Viewed: 1156 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: 1104 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: 630 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: 1308 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: 1335 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: 1331 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: 1251 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: 1269 times.
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| Slate-colored Fox Sparrow at the Yakima Area Arboretum feeding station, Yakima, WA. Oct. 23, 2016.
Viewed: 1258 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: 1077 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: 1100 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: 616 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: 1762 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: 1627 times.
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| Possible Thick-billed Fox Sparrow #3. June 30, 2007. Digiscoped.
Viewed: 1579 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: 1620 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: 1556 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: 617 times.
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| Thick-billed (?) Fox Sparrow in the White Pass Campground, Yakima County, WA. July 13, 2013. Nikon Coolpix P510.
Viewed: 1261 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: 1495 times.
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Red Fox Sparrow at the sparrow patch in the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. Dec. 16, 2009.
Viewed: 640 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: 1556 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: 1470 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: 1384 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: 1285 times.
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| Red Fox Sparrow at the bird feeding station at the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. Oct. 21, 2016.
Viewed: 1367 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: 1281 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: 1140 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: 1188 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: 1118 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: 1062 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: 1613 times.
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| Slate-colored Fox Sparrow at Washington Pass along SR 20 in Okanogan County, WA. July 22, 2020.
Viewed: 721 times.
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| Slate-colored Fox Sparrow at the bird blind in the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. Oct. 24, 2020.
Viewed: 762 times.
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Another shot of the Slate-colored Fox Sparrow. It had been banded by Jeff Kozma. Oct. 24, 2020.
Viewed: 678 times.
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| Slate-colored Fox Sparrow at the bird blind in the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. November 8, 2020.
Viewed: 638 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: 666 times.
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| Slate-colored Fox Sparrow at the bird blind in the Yakima Area Arboretum, Yakima, WA. November 12, 2020.
Viewed: 650 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: 695 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: 671 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: 750 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: 669 times.
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| Sooty Fox Sparrow at the Evans Creek Preserve east of Redmond, WA. March 15, 2021.
Viewed: 682 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: 579 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: 450 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: 422 times.
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| Red Fox Sparrow at the bird blind at the Yakima Area Arboretum. October 22, 2023.
Viewed: 418 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: 301 times.
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Red Fox Sparrow at the Juniper Bird Blind in South Llano River State Park south of Junction, Texas. November 23, 2025.
Viewed: 223 times.
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| Slate-colored Fox Sparrow on Mt. Spokane, Spokane County, Washington. June 21, 2026.
Viewed: 146 times.
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