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Chris1973

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• Jul 6, 2013

• #1

Pictures taken this morning in a grasslands area. I think #1 is a Sedge Wren; not sure on #2/4; #3 looks like a Clay-colored Sparrow.

Thank you!

 

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RJP

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• Jul 6, 2013

• #2

I'm good with Sedge Wren for #1 (although from this head-on shot it's not easy to separate from Marsh Wren). #2 and #4 are Ammodramus sparrows, and look like Henslow's to me. I agree with Clay-colored for #3.

 

peedee

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• Jul 6, 2013

• #3

I was thinking leconte's spa for the ammodramus, due to pale breast.

Paul

 

chris butterworth

aka The Person Named Above

• Jul 6, 2013

• #4

Just to be awkward I think 3 is a Grasshopper Sparrow. Clay-colored would have distinct malar stripes / lateral throat stripes and LeContes would show some streaking on the breast, even if it was just at the sides, and the throat would be rather obviously white against the buff breast.

Chris

 

Chris1973

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• Jul 6, 2013

• #5

I found another picture of #3 from a different angle. For 2/4, I think Henslow's makes sense. I thought I heard some calling from hidden places in the grass in multiple locations. The head didn't look dark like in my guide, but I guess that is the light.

 

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njlarsen

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Opus Editor

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• Jul 6, 2013

• #6

Sorry to disagree. On my screen there is some yellow in the supercilium in both 2 and 4 that fits a lot better with grasshopper sparrow than with any of the other options mentioned here.

Niels

 

peedee

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• Jul 6, 2013

• #7

Chris1973 said:

I found another picture of #3 from a different angle. For 2/4, I think Henslow's makes sense. I thought I heard some calling from hidden places in the grass in multiple locations. The head didn't look dark like in my guide, but I guess that is the light.

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that's a clay colored spa.

The ammadramus could be grasshopper spa as suggested.

 

Larry Lade

Moderator

• Jul 6, 2013

• #8

I believe #1 Sedge Wren, # 2 & 4 Grasshopper Sparrows and # 3 probably a Henslow's Sparrow.

 

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DarkFireFalcon

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• Jul 7, 2013

• #9

None of these are Grasshopper Sparrows. 2 and 4 clearly show streaking on the breast, absent in Grasshopper Sparrow, and the second picture of number 3 clearly shows a Clay-colored Sparrow. The lack of grayish lores and auriculars and heavy bill rule out Le Conte's for 2 and 4, and the yellowish supercilium (and yellow-greenish face) is consistent with Henslow's Sparrow, which is what 2 and 4 are.

So, to recap:

1. Sedge Wren
2. Henslow's Sparrow
3. Clay-colored Sparrow
4. Henslow's Sparrow.

 

peedee

Well-known member

• Jul 7, 2013

• #10

DarkFireFalcon said:

None of these are Grasshopper Sparrows. 2 and 4 clearly show streaking on the breast, absent in Grasshopper Sparrow, and the second picture of number 3 clearly shows a Clay-colored Sparrow. The lack of grayish lores and auriculars and heavy bill rule out Le Conte's for 2 and 4, and the yellowish supercilium (and yellow-greenish face) is consistent with Henslow's Sparrow, which is what 2 and 4 are.

So, to recap:

1. Sedge Wren
2. Henslow's Sparrow
3. Clay-colored Sparrow
4. Henslow's Sparrow.

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This is fun (and an education), I've seen 1 henslow's (1990) and 1 leconte's (1991) so I am NO expert. I am coming around to the above ID. Good work.