Harris's Sparrow - Muskoka Bird Records Data
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Date

Location

Muskoka - Bracebridge - Fairlight Glen Crescent
Muskoka, Ontario, Canada
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Map
Map Coordinates: 45.0240074, -79.3522766
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Media notes

Photo courtesy of Bill Dickinson

Observation details

Original observers: Bill and Jan Dickinson. Source: Dickinson pers. comm. The Dickinsons observed the 1st winter bird coming to seeds they had spread on the ground outside their kitchen window. The bird would pick up a seed then fly to the cover of a large spruce. The bird was observed through 9 April. During its stay it moulted from 1st winter to breeding plumage. This is the first documented record of this species for Muskoka. There are two earlier reports included in A Cottager's Guide to the Birds of Muskoka and Parry Sound by Alex Mills (1981), but he chose to treat those sightings as hypothetical as there was not adequate evidence to support the identifications. The two sightings were both from Huntsville. On 10 March 1962 Bessie Waters observed an individual, and another was seen by an unknown observer on 24 May 1970.

Technical information

Model
DMC-FZ7
ISO
80
Focal length
72 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire, auto
f-stop
f/3.3
Shutter speed
1/40 sec
Dimensions
490 pixels x 370 pixels
Original file size
26.87 KB