Bird ID

[Michael W]

This one might be a little bit easy, but then again, I better not make any guesses. :bounce:

I'll post the answer sometime tomorrow, unless the bird hasn't been correctly identified. If so, I might give a clue. :h?:

Here it is:

[CJW]

Dark-eyed Junco.

[chris23565]

Dark eyed Junco, but not sure which sub species. :h?:

[Bluetail]

Not Oregon Junco, at any rate. ;)

Jason

[Michael Frankis]

Hi Michael,

Dark-eyed Junco. This bird shows a hint of a darker hood, so I'll go for intergrade between Slate-colored & Oregon (i.e., bottom right bird on p.501 of Sibley North American Bird Guide)

Michael

[Alastair Rae]

Darn, beaten to it by the midnight logons.

[Larry Lade]

This is a typical Dark-eyed Junco (slate-colored).

Larry

[dennis]

Dark-eyed Junco. Looking at one out my window as I type.

dennis

[Michael W]

You're all right - it's a Dark-eyed Junco.

We mostly get the Oregon Juncos here but probably one out of twenty is a Slate-colored Junco. This one could be a hybrid. It seems likely, but I think that it's just a Slate-colored.

I'll leave that up to you.

Michael

[Michael Frankis]

Hi Michael,

I thought possible intergrade because the head & upper mantle is slightly darker than the lower mantle - a hint of an Oregon Junco's hood

Michael

[Michael W]

You could be right.

Michael