Quiz Bird
Sometimes obstructions between you and the bird can make the identification process a little more challenging! What's your guess? There's still enough there to make it out. Record your answer in comments and I'll publish them all at once.
Update:
The bird shifts a little...do you stick with your original identification? I published the first round of guesses in comments.
© 2008 Mike McDowell
18 Comments:
juvenile/1st winter White-crowned Sparrow
WC sparrow
White-crowned?
Living in South Florida, I see sparrows, like, never.
Swamp Sparrow?
Swamp Sparrow ?
Randy
I hate to throw out an easy guess, but is it a field sparrow? Tiny white eye ring, two wing bars with darker bar above top one, yellow-y legs, upper and lower bill same color, and no breast streaking...?
American Tree Sparrow?
My first answer is "the brown and gray one." My second answer is a juvie white-crowned sparrow.
White eye ring with that blank-eyed expression says Field Sparrow to me.
Field Sparrow.
I got in trouble with this ID on another blog, but after the second photo with the eye ring visible, I'm trying again.
~Kathi, who loves sparrows in spite of (or maybe BECAUSE OF) the challenges they present
Lincoln's Sparrow...in bad lighting? :)
just to be different.
I'm going to change my answer to Field Sparrow because of the eye ring and bill color.
I enjoyed your field trip last Saturday very much.
Randy
Field Sparrow???
Max
I'm feeling pretty confident about my guess now!
I'm in agreement with the first three picks- juv. White-crowned Sparrow. Looks different than one of our west coast races, but that's my guess.
JC in CA
Field Sparrow is correct!
Mike M.
Field Sparrow Was my first thought.
then I read DG's and felt more confident. Then Jeff got home from Panama...
I should have stuck with my first, more general guess.
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