Search Results matching tag 'Sparrow?'

Bird ID Help, Rufous-crowned Sparrow?

emalvick — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 04:47:11 GMT

I took this photo near Bodega Bay, California (north, coastal area). I'm not sure what the bird is. It seems to be some type of sparrow, and the Rufous-crowned seems close, but all the crest on this bird and the coloring seem a little too defined compared to what I've seen in photos... Can someone help clarify what type of bird this might be?

Thanks for your help.

Rescued Bird -- Immature Female Song Sparrow?

mynameistaken — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 20:19:13 GMT

(Photo taken: Woodinville, WA, outside of Seattle)

This little bird was flapping wildly and getting nowhere today when I went out to refill my bird feeders. Inside now, away from the cats and hawks, and hopefully back to good health soon.

Can't identify it, though. Suspect it might be a female immature song sparrow?

Grasshopper Sparrow?

T Jones — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 23:13:08 GMT

This looks like a Grasshopper Sparrow to me, except there isn't an eyering. I could use a little help with the ID.

Sparrow in White Mountains

jtroth — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:04:58 GMT

On 7/4 I saw the bird in this photo at about 10,000 feet in the White Mountains of eastern California. It's the range just east of the Sierra, so is pretty dry up there. It was springtime up there, and this guy and his/her mate were pretty actively, well, mating.

It looks like the pictures I see of a Chipping Sparrow, but the habitat doesn't seem to match what is described for them, and would seem to match better a Rufous-crowned sparrow. Any ideas? Unfortunately, this is the only photo that my husband took of the bird, but it does give a pretty look at the pattern on the head.

Re: Is this a Junco, too. Jpeg attached

RedBook101 — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 19:05:06 GMT

Hello

I backed off the digital zoom a little.

Neil,

Re: Is this a Junco, too. Jpeg attached

RedBook101 — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 18:48:27 GMT

Hello, Thanks for the input and the cool web link, I will check it out.

I shot the pic thru a window and I do not remember seeing a lot of yellow on the bird and if there was it was not very bright yellow. But it sure looks like it in the pic, but as i said, its a dull yellow at best.

Thanks again.

Neil

Is this a Junco, too. Jpeg attached

RedBook101 — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 17:43:39 GMT

Hello,

This bird is about the same size as the junco from the other day, but is it the same type of bird?

Please and thank you.

Neil

Which Sparrow is this?

india_birder — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 03:31:20 GMT

Hi,

I'm a bird-watcher from India visiting the Portland OR area on work. I saw these birds in the nearby Ridgefield NWR. I thought they were the Golden-Crowned Sparrow but I'm very uncertain since they are supposed to be uncommon in this Refuge. Can someone help me ID these please.

http://www.whatbird.com/forums/photos/my_american_friends_/picture24036.aspx

- india_birder

P.S : Please don't mind the quality of the pics - am NO photographer !

Re: Please Help me ID this little bird

Midge — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:49:49 GMT

Thanks, Snowy Owl for the reply. Looking at the illustration of House Sparrow, it could very well have been one...I really didn't "examine" him, but kept him sheltered in my hands close to my body so he wouldn't be too afraid or escape back into the jaws of the feline (FYI, I know cats are a big danger to birds and I do not let my cats roam outside.)

I don't know whether these birds were feeding in numbers...the few times I have noticed the little bird that skitters away on the ground, at most, there might have been two other birds near him/her and I'm not sure whether they were the same as the skitterer or not. I suppose Sparrows eat just about everything, so that this little bird feeding beneath the Finch feeders doesn't mean much.

We're not in a subdivision per se, but on 14 acres of what remains of my Dad's farm.

My husband took a photo of a little bird that MAY be or at least very similar to the little bird. I will post it. ASAP.

Looks closest to Savannah Sparrow but white eyeline

scifinerd — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 05:05:33 GMT

Please look at 2 pictures on http://pages.suddenlink.net/scifigeek/ (or the two pictures have been uploaded to the photo gallery under the title of "Maybe Savannah sparrow..." and send message to scifigeek@suddenlink.net and/or post reply to this message in this forumto confirmwhat this bird is. There are at least two of them which have been feeding only on the ground below the bird feeder (never on the feeder) for about a month in Charleston, WV. They look alike. The closest to the birds I can find appears to be the Savannah sparrow, and some references refer to variations of this as having white above the eye rather than yellow, but no pictures I have found look anything like the birds I see.