I think I can.  The bird was more sparrow shaped with a longer tail.   
It also didn't have any dark markings around the eye.  Do you know of  
a way I could post the picture I took?
-Ned

On Mar 20, 2010, at 7:12 PM, Kyle Rosenblad wrote:

> Hi Ned,
>
> This may be a silly question, but just to be sure: can you rule out
> Golden-crowned Kinglet? Thanks for your report!
>
> Kyle Rosenblad
> Shelburne, VT
>
> On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Ned McEleney  
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> I took a trip up to the northland this morning and saw a possible
>> golden-crowned sparrow at moose bog.  It had a single yellow stripe  
>> on its
>> crown that was bordered by black that did not extend to the eye.   
>> The rest
>> of the front of the bird was solid grey.  Does my ID sound  
>> correct?  I have
>> a decent picture of the bird that I will work on posting.  Other  
>> highlights
>> of the trip were 5 hooded mergansers, 3 black ducks, a mallard, and  
>> roughly
>> 20 common mergansers in a pond along rt.14.
>>
>> -Ned
>> Stowe, VT
>>
>
>
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