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Can you help ID this bird?

darkdragondarkdragon Registered Users Posts: 1,051 Major grins
edited August 23, 2008 in Wildlife
I beleive this is a sparrow. Is that correct? Not sure what specific type of sparrow though.
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C&C would great too. Thanks in advance :D
~ Lisa

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    darkdragondarkdragon Registered Users Posts: 1,051 Major grins
    edited August 22, 2008
    Ok, so while I was waiting for an answer I did some research and i think it is the White-crowned Sparrow. Maybe a young one?

    http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/127/_/White-crowned_Sparrow.aspx

    http://identify.whatbird.com/mwg/_/0/attrs.aspx : Just found this site, it is amazing!
    ~ Lisa
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    pyrypyry Registered Users Posts: 1,733 Major grins
    edited August 22, 2008
    darkdragon wrote:
    Ok, so while I was waiting for an answer I did some research and i think it is the White-crowned Sparrow. Maybe a young one?

    It's missing the crown and grey cheeks, I'd say brewer's sparrow.

    I like that site, good find thumb.gif
    I hope there's something similar for European birds too.
    Creativity's hard.

    http://pyryekholm.kuvat.fi/
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    MaestroMaestro Registered Users Posts: 5,395 Major grins
    edited August 22, 2008
    Well personally it looks a lot like a female house sparrow. That would be my first choice. The head pattern and that stripe behind the eye lead me there along with the coloring of the primaries and secondaries on the wings. Nice image with good detail. For composition sake, I would de-center the bird so that it is not right in the middle.
    Stephen
    www.capture-the-pixel.com

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    jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,005 Major grins
    edited August 22, 2008
    It is a juvenile so an id is very hard but if you shot it close to home then my shot would be a black-throated or sage but to young for a real id so just a ???? headscratch.gif
    Jeff W

    “PHOTOGRAPHY IS THE ‘JAZZ’ FOR THE EYES…”

    http://jwear.smugmug.com/
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    darkdragondarkdragon Registered Users Posts: 1,051 Major grins
    edited August 23, 2008
    Thanks everyone for your input. I was basing my ID on the white markings on the wing and the one behind the eye. It also looks like the baby fluff is starting to come off and that under the chin is white, not black.

    I did shoot it close to home. I'll have to head out to the same park again and see if I can get some adult photos and see what the dominant types of sparrows are are. :D
    ~ Lisa
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