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#1 Melissa :)

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Posted 18 August 2012 - 02:02 AM

Back from camp, and now can post some more Bombay Hook NWR photos for IDs. Any ideas?

1) Clapper Rail?
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2) Blue Grosbeak
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3) no idea
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Posted 18 August 2012 - 02:05 AM

1.Correct
2. yes female
3. Saltmarsh Sparrow I think :)
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#3 GreatHorn

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Posted 18 August 2012 - 02:08 AM

1.Correct
2. yes female
3. Seaside Sparrow I think :)

3 might be a Saltmarsh, no?

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Posted 18 August 2012 - 02:09 AM

You are correct I am Changing Post :P
My Recent Lifers: Yellow Bellied Sapsucker, Surf Scoter,northern waterthrush, common yellowthroat, Savanna Sparrow, BLackpoll Warbler, Nashville Warbler, philadelphia Vireo, Louisiana Waterthrush, Chesnut Sided Warbler, Yellow Breasted Chat, Ovenbird, Tennessee Warbler, Short Billed Dowitcher, Dickcissel, Blue Grosbeak, Grasshopper Sparrow, Northern Bobwhite, Pectoral Sandpiper, Least Sandpiper, American Avocet, Red-Necked Phalarope, Black and White Warbler, Cape May Warbler, Canada Warbler, Blue Winged Warbler, Bay Breasted Warbler, Hermit Thrush, Lincolins Sparrow, Orange Crowned Warbler, Northern Pintail!

My Recent Yard List: White Crowned Sparrow, Northern Parula, Yellow throated Warbler, Black and White Warbler,
Canada Warbler, Blue Winged warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Ovenbird, Swainsons thrush, White throated sparrow, Tennessee warbler.

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Posted 18 August 2012 - 02:11 AM

The third looks like a juvie Seaside Sparrow to me.
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Posted 18 August 2012 - 02:14 AM

The third looks like a juvie Seaside Sparrow to me.

Wow those juvies are tricky.... to me, anyways. Whatever Kryptos says must be true, though :D

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Posted 18 August 2012 - 02:16 AM

lol, don't have too much faith in me. I've been known to be wrong!
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Posted 18 August 2012 - 02:41 AM

So there's some people who guess Saltmarsh and some who say juvie Seaside.... any other opinions?
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Posted 18 August 2012 - 01:49 PM

Actually, put me in the juvenile Seaside camp -- the supercilium doesn't seem to extend behind the eye, the way it should in a Saltmarsh, and the face doesn't appear to have enough orange for even a juvie Saltmarsh.

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Posted 18 August 2012 - 04:17 PM

Yeah, it's a Seaside Sparrow.
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Posted 18 August 2012 - 05:41 PM

Thanks guys! That's one lifer for me then! :D
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