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house sparrows but redheads

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Subject: house sparrows but redheads
From: "Native Flora" <>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:51:05 +1030
There are at least two house sparrows (I've always referred to them as spadgers 
too) in the Barossa (SA) (regulars in my Tanunda backyard and perfectly 
socially acceptable to the other normal spadgers it seems) sporting normal 
female plumage... except for bright plum red crowns (and, no, it's not paint or 
dye!). Has anyone else seen this phenomenon before?

Alex Randell
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