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Yeah.. a sparrow question

Started by The Sego Sago Kid, Oct 20 2012 01:56 AM

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#1 The Sego Sago Kid

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Posted 20 October 2012 - 01:56 AM

Hello! Taken today in Lancaster, PA. Two of them hanging with a flock of Juncos. Chipping, clay-colored, or other?

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#2 GreatHorn

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Posted 20 October 2012 - 01:57 AM

The eye line extending from the eye to the bill (the lores) make these Chipping, I believe.

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#3 JimBob

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Posted 20 October 2012 - 01:57 AM

Agree with Chipping Sparrows.

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#4 The Sego Sago Kid

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Posted 20 October 2012 - 01:58 AM

Ah, gotcha. These were my only hope on an otherwise boring day. Oh well.

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#5 Triplefeather

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Posted 20 October 2012 - 02:05 AM

These are Chipping Sparrows in non-breeding plumage. Note the entire eyeline, the thick stripes on the mantle, and the yellowish supercilium(the line above the eye)

I actually saw a whole bunch of these guys outside my window today.

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#6 skepticalways

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Posted 20 October 2012 - 05:48 AM

Wow, I'm so limited in my sightings & experiences, I would've been fooled. The few chipping sparrows I've seen here on my lakeside deck in S. Carolina, on the tops of their heads were very distinctively chestnut or rusty-colored. I almost never see any sparrows here, though, fifteen miles out from Columbia; mostly only in the city. I hope to get my gallery going soon, because I have some great woodpecker pics, bluebirds feeding their babies, etc., to share.