Le Conte's Sparrow

Identification: A small sparrow with the chest and flanks colored yellowish ochre with fine black streaking, grayish auriculars and lores and a white median crown stripe.

The individual below was observed at Dick Cross (Elm Hill) W.M.A. in Mecklenburg County, Virginia.

The photographs below were taken at Pungo NWR in North Carolina on December 27, 2008.