montanawildlives
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I've got a little backlog of sparrowish birds in need of names. All taken in Western Montana. Also, I'm really working on being able to identify the various sparrow species myself, so any quick notes on how you made your determinations would be very helpful (e.g., this is a chipping sparrow because of the black eye line, etc.). Assuming these are actually sparrows, my Nat Geo guide indicates that these are our choices (i.e., present in Western Montana):
Chipping, clay-colored, Brewer's, American tree, Field (not likely in my part of the state), Vesper, Lark, Sage, Lark bunting, Savannah, Grasshopper, Baird's, Le Conte's (also not likely in my part of the state), Lincoln's, Song, Fox, and White-crowned.
Any help is appreciated!
(after uploading all these, it would not be hard to convince me that they are all song sparrows! But that would be boring.)
(I'm also creating two additional threads (#2 and #3 coming) because there are a total of 15 birds; it should be easier this way because within each thread you can refer to birds #1 through #5)
Chipping, clay-colored, Brewer's, American tree, Field (not likely in my part of the state), Vesper, Lark, Sage, Lark bunting, Savannah, Grasshopper, Baird's, Le Conte's (also not likely in my part of the state), Lincoln's, Song, Fox, and White-crowned.
Any help is appreciated!
(after uploading all these, it would not be hard to convince me that they are all song sparrows! But that would be boring.)
(I'm also creating two additional threads (#2 and #3 coming) because there are a total of 15 birds; it should be easier this way because within each thread you can refer to birds #1 through #5)
