Unknown Birds, Sask, Canada (1 Viewer)

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AlainaLee

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• Apr 1, 2012

• #1

Ive got bird 1 - a sparrow of some sort from Banff, AB
Bird 2- a Barn Swallow? (possibly.. the other ones ive seen look different then this)
Bird 3- Unknown type? Sparrow?
Bird 4 - Unknown - could it be a sparrow?
Bird 5 - COuld it be a Chipping Sparrow?

 

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Tiraya

San Diego CA

• Apr 1, 2012

• #2

1. House Sparrow
2. Barn Swallow
3. Say's Phoebe
4. Brown-headed Cowbird
5. Chipping Sparrow

 

Reuven_M

Well-known member

• Apr 1, 2012

• #3

Silverwolf said:

1. House Sparrow
2. Barn Swallow
3. Say's Phoebe
4. Brown-headed Cowbird
5. Chipping Sparrow

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I agree

 

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AlainaLee

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• Apr 2, 2012

• #4

ohh wow okay thank you!! thought the house sparrows were different! (or thats the male im thinking of?)
i have pictures of barn swallows that dont have the neck markings and have an all orange front... thats why i thought these were sdifferent!

 

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fugl

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• Apr 2, 2012

• #5

Agree with all

 

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Gretchen

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• Apr 2, 2012

• #6

AlainaLee said:

ohh wow okay thank you!! thought the house sparrows were different! (or thats the male im thinking of?)

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I think your house sparrow is a youngster? - I see a yellow gape around the mouth... Is this a recent photo? (Are sparrows fledging already?)

 

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Gretchen

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• Apr 2, 2012

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AlainaLee said:

i have pictures of barn swallows that dont have the neck markings and have an all orange front... thats why i thought these were sdifferent!

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I was thinking this swallow looked a bit different too, but looking around, I guess it's not an unusual one. On the opus entry, one of the birds looks like the one you expected - lots of orange. Apparently even within a subspecies of swallows, there's quite a bit of variation (a nice illustration here). For myself, if I think there's only one possible identity (e.g. American Robin), I find I don't look at the details of a bird much. As I looked at the swallow pictures I realized I only had a rough idea about their exact markings (which do vary with subspecies as well).

 

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AlainaLee

Well-known member

• Apr 2, 2012

• #8

these were last fall i believe...
and thank you for the swallow info!!thats really handy to have!

 

Tiraya

San Diego CA

• Apr 2, 2012

• #9

I don't see anything off about this Swallow.

However American Barn Swallows are considerably buffier (esp. around underparts) than that of say European ones.

 

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AlainaLee

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• Apr 2, 2012

• #10

all the previous ones ive photographed look like this.. no necklace markings, and a different/darker stomach colour

 

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