Plain grey bird Alberta (1 Viewer)

Maroon Jay

Airborne

• Sep 13, 2020

• #1

Need help with ID please. This bird is mostly plain grey on the front and head. It has a black line behind the eye but not in front. Top of head is black and grey with a yellow mark above the bill.

 

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Nutcracker

Stop Brexit!

• Sep 13, 2020

• #2

White-crowned Sparrow, juvenile/1st-winter? Not certain though.

 

Lisa W

I really need to get out and bird more

Staff member

Supporter

• Sep 13, 2020

• #3

The faint bit of yellow at the top is throwing me for White-crowned sparrow. How about a young Golden-crowned? I might be way off.

 

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birdmeister

Well-known member

• Sep 13, 2020

• #4

White-crowned Sparrow for me, too.

 

Microtus

Maryland USA (he/him)

• Sep 13, 2020

• #5

It's a young White-crowned Sparrow.

 

Maroon Jay

Airborne

• Sep 13, 2020

• #6

Thank you very much. I wish there was a guide book for juvenile sparrows. It does also look a bit like Golden-crowned but they are way out of range for where I live in eastern Alberta.