This Morning Outside

by Diane Porter

April 20, 2014
Birdwatching Dot Com
Fairfield, Iowa

I was wondering if Sparrow Road would provide another native Iowa sparrow this morning. Sparrow Road came through, with a chipping sparrow. The chippy's cap is a stronger red than that of the field sparrow I posted yesterday.

© 2014 Diane Porter

The chipping sparrow also has a strong black line going back from the eye, and a strikingly white eyebrow.

If you want to be highbrow, you can call that eyebrow a supercilium, which means... eyebrow. Super means above. Cilium means eyelash. So it's a line that is higher up than the eyelashes. Like eyebrows.

Eyebrow works for me.

—Diane Porter

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