Hi All, There was almost too many birds to look at today at a couple of Fairfield County spots today. At Sherwood Island with Penny Solum we briefly relocated the CLAY-COLORED SPARROW from yesterday. We also managed to tally 2 VESPER SPARROWS and about 10 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS. Numbers were more impressive than anything else though with huge numbers of White-throated, Song and Swamp Sparrows as well as loads of Yellow-rumped Warblers. Early in the morning the Yellow-rumps were coming into the trees near east beach in waves. There was so much movement it was hard to decide which bird to try and focus on to identifying. I then stopped briefly at Allen's Meadows on the way home and quickly found 4 VESPER SPARROWS, 1 LINCOLN'S SPARROW and I would estimate 20 WHITE-CROWNED SPARROW and 3 EASTERN MEADOWLARKS. Again Allen's was just thick with Savannah and Song Sparrows today and the huge numbers of rumps at Sherwood were mirrored by big numbers of Palms at Allen's (50+). Thanks also to Greg, David, Mark and others who replied offline for all their thoughts about the identification of and information about the Gambel's subspecies. It's great to have this kind of expertise just an email message away and really highlights the value to me of this new(ish) list. Regards, Luke Tiller Wilton ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com