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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: TheGlue88 on April 19, 2014, 07:26:52 PM

Title: Sparrows
Post by: TheGlue88 on April 19, 2014, 07:26:52 PM

Hi,

As a newbie I am having a hard time differentiating between sparrow species (I see little brown birds that look alike).  :?

Any suggestions/recommendations from the veterans on the board to make accurate IDs?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

cheers,
john

Title: Re: Sparrows
Post by: Rotarran on April 19, 2014, 08:55:22 PM

Try this site: http://identify.whatbird.com/mwg/_/0/attrs.aspx (http://identify.whatbird.com/mwg/_/0/attrs.aspx)

Title: Re: Sparrows
Post by: TheGlue88 on April 19, 2014, 09:05:17 PM

Quote from: "Rotarren"

Try this site: http://identify.whatbird.com/mwg/_/0/attrs.aspx (http://identify.whatbird.com/mwg/_/0/attrs.aspx)

cool site -- thanks duder!

Title: Re: Sparrows
Post by: thouc on April 19, 2014, 09:18:00 PM

You will soon notice that a lot of the sparrows you see are Song Sparrows, so the first task is to learn to recognize it well, so you can tell if you see something different.

/Thomas

Title: Re: Sparrows
Post by: TheGlue88 on April 19, 2014, 09:27:34 PM

Quote from: "thouc"

You will soon notice that a lot of the sparrows you see are Song Sparrows, so the first task is to learn to recognize it well, so you can tell if you see something different.

/Thomas

cool -- thanks Thomas