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[Grandpa577]

Taken today at Jones Beach, NY. Feel confident it is a Swamp Sparrow. Confused about the yellow lores.


Swamp_Sparrow_9353o by Grandpa577, on Flickr

[GreatHorn]

Agree with Swamp. They can have yellow lores, or at least that's what I've learned over the course of my Whatbirding.

[jdeitsch]

Swamp it is

[Grandpa577]

Interesting. Sibley, Beadle and Rising, Petersen, Crossley, and All About Birds omit this fact, although I just found at Birds of North America a reference to Dwight, Jr., J (1900) who mentions the yellow or buff line above the lores.

[blackburnian]

agree with Swamp

[BirdingBlues]

Agree with Swamp. They can have yellow lores, or at least that's what I've learned over the course of my Whatbirding.

All of the Swamp's that I've seen close-up here in New Hampshire all had yellow lores. Location thing maybe?

[cestma]

Interesting. Sibley, Beadle and Rising, Petersen, Crossley, and All About Birds omit this fact, although I just found at Birds of North America a reference to Dwight, Jr., J (1900) who mentions the yellow or buff line above the lores.

Yes, really odd to find such a noticeable characteristic missing from so many guides! "Someone" should look thru the yellow-lored swampie pics posted here to see if there is any geographical coincidence...