Swamp sparrow April 29, 2019 A swamp sparrow is a skulker of swamps and marshes. A purple finch female has a bold, white eyebrow stripe that is lacking on a female house finch. The yellow shafts on the underwing of a northern flicker. A red-winged blackbird buzzes the tower of a pair of northern shovelers. ← Female greater prairie-chickens find center-pivot irrigation offers a place to escape the attention of the males.Al Batt: Red Owl grocery store not named after a real, cardinal-colored owl →