Sparrow at TTP

[Ally]

I saw quite a few of these today, I wonder whether it's a tree sparrow or a field sparrow. Thank you in advance!

[Ally]

There was a path leading to the pond, so many birds there on both sides, but so hard to take photos. I got one of these, but don't know who this is.

[Shortsighted]

The sparrow is a juvenile White-crowned sparrow.
I saw one today as well.
The last shot could be a juvenile Tennessee warbler, or even
a Ruby-crowned Kinglet. The kinglet has a white eye-ring while
the Tennessee has much less white around the eye. The breast
seems dark, darker than a Kinglet, but it is hard to say from
your photo.
I may have seen a Tennessee in the Rouge today but it was such
a brief sighting that I couldn't make a definitive ID.
Did see RC Kinglet, GC Kinglet, E.Phoebe, WT sparrows, Song sparrows
Brown Creeper, Blue Jays and a dependably Cardinal.

[Ally]

Thank you. I only saw a brown creeper once before. But I missed one bigger bird that is jump up the tree trunk behind the leaves. No idea what that mihht be. such a pity.

[Rotarran]

I think the warbler is an Orange-crowned.

[Ally]

Really, I have never seen one before..

[Kris Ito]

I agree with Orange-crowned for the second bird. The easy way to distinguish this bird from a Tennessee is the yellow undertail coverts (which would be white for a Tennessee). A kinglet would have a much more compact body, rounder head, and smaller bill.

One of the more difficult warblers to find!

[Shortsighted]

I also concur that your last shot may indeed by a juvenile Orange-crowned warbler.
I completely forgot about them since I seldom see one. Come to think of it, I did
photograph one before at TTP at about this time of year. Wasn't sure what it was
even then.

By the way, what was your exposure data for these shots? Am I correct in assuming
you were using a Sigma 150mm - 500mm zoom lens? I believe that lens is f6.3 wide open.
Were you on the east side of the baselands?

[Ally]

I also concur that your last shot may indeed by a juvenile Orange-crowned warbler.
I completely forgot about them since I seldom see one. Come to think of it, I did
photograph one before at TTP at about this time of year. Wasn't sure what it was
even then.

By the way, what was your exposure data for these shots? Am I correct in assuming
you were using a Sigma 150mm - 500mm zoom lens? I believe that lens is f6.3 wide open.
Were you on the east side of the baselands?

Yes, I was shooting on Sports mode with my Canon EOS Rebel T6i, f/6.3
1/2000sec ISO-1000 Focal Length 347mm

I'm really bad at reading manuals, but I'm even worse in reading maps. In the attachment is whereabouts I think I found the warblers. Hope you may be able to locate it.

[Shortsighted]

I was wondering whether your shutter speed was fast enough, but at 1/2000 sec there should be no problem.
Your sensor does very well at ISO 1000, certainly better than mine. Canon may have improved the sensor, or
the processing since my t4i was offered. My 200mm lens is an old model and does not have IS, therefore I need
to recruit fast shutter speeds to get sharp images. Achieving a fast Shutter speed generally demands a high ISO
setting and that does not bode well for severe cropping.

I almost always shoot 2/3 stop under-exposed in order to boost the shutter speed and to prevent highlight burn-
out. I was going to suggest you try that as well if your reported speed was slow, but that doesn't seem to be the
case for you. Certainly the f6.3 will provide a wider depth of field than my f4. When close enough I need to close
down the iris to widen that DOF but then I lose speed and resort to higher ISO and reduce the image quality. I
hate to shoot above ISO 400 but so often am forced to set it at ISO 800 to get enough light even when deliberately
compensating to the left.

I thought your Orange-crowned warbler would have been spotted much farther north on the spit among the weedy
fields on the east side. That's where I saw them last year at about this time.