2 uncertain IDs
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2 uncertain IDs

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Simcoe

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With the help I have received before I am getting a bit more confident with IDs, but every outing I do have couple of uncertainties.

The first: Eastern Phoebe?

I think the other may be an immature Field Sparrow, but none of the images I have seen quite match up.

Thanks for the help.
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Paul O'Toole

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Note sure about the 2nd one but the 1st looks to be a Great Crested Flycatcher.
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It doesn't show on the one photo, but I did have a couple of photos with branches blocking most of the bird.  It seems that the breast continues the same colour as the throat--no sign of yellow which I'd thought was part of the GC flycatcher ID.
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Quote from: "Simcoe"
It doesn't show on the one photo, but I did have a couple of photos with branches blocking most of the bird.  It seems that the breast continues the same colour as the throat--no sign of yellow which I'd thought was part of the GC flycatcher ID.
. The first image looks to be a juvenile Great Crested, hopefully you get some others that will comment. It is sometimes easy to miss ID a younger bird this time of the year.
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Could the second bird be a juv Chipping Sparrow?
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Quote from: "Rotarran"
Could the second bird be a juv Chipping Sparrow?

I think you may have it.  Chipping sparrows are not uncommon in the fields around. The pic was taken near sunset hence the yellow-orange colour. Thanks.
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