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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: bernie2112 on October 20, 2009, 11:58:56 PM

Title: What about this fella?
Post by: bernie2112 on October 20, 2009, 11:58:56 PM

Greetings!

You can see here an interesting sparrow. Someone has called it a Chipping Sparrow but I am not sure.


(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2663/4029952124_cc518a05f6_b.jpg)


If anyone has another opinion I would be interested.

Cheers,

Bernie
http://www.flickr.com/photos/berniemonette

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Post by: GStuart on October 21, 2009, 01:37:56 AM

It looks to me like a first year White-crowned Sparrow.

Title: Sparrow ID
Post by: Anonymous on October 21, 2009, 08:59:00 AM

Actually it's a Field Sparrow.

Note the pink bill, the obvious eye ring and short forked tail.

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Post by: Bluffs Birder on October 21, 2009, 12:18:23 PM

I would say it’s a Chipping Sparrow (an adult in fall/winter plumage) as originally suggested for the following reasons:

- A first year White-crowned Sparrow would have a broader crown-line, the eyebrow would be a little whiter in colour, and the area below the eye (the cheek) would be a little lighter, more the colour this bird is above the eye.

- A Field Sparrow does not have a strong dark eye-line at any time of it’s life, which this bird clearly shows.

Just my 2 cents.

Walter

Title: Sparrow
Post by: Anonymous on October 21, 2009, 12:32:22 PM

Of course you are so right Walter, it is a Chipping Sparrow.

My mistake.

Title: Chipping sparrow...
Post by: bernie2112 on October 21, 2009, 02:20:34 PM

Many thanks for your responses.

Cheers,

Bernie
http://www.flickr.com/photos/berniemonette (http://www.flickr.com/photos/berniemonette)