Another sparrow - Cape May -recent (1 Viewer)

Wimpy

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• Jun 9, 2018

• #1

Here we are again! as much as I try I can't fix this sparrow. The yellow lores give me the impression that this might be a white-throated sparrow, is it a juvenile it doesn't seem as bright as others I have seen?
Taken in the wood area at the back of CMBO.
Thanks all.

 

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KC Foggin

Very, very long time member

Supporter

• Jun 9, 2018

• #2

I'm thinking Savannah Sparrow.

 

Jeff Hopkins

Just another...observer

• Jun 9, 2018

• #3

Me too.

 

Wimpy

Well-known member

• Jun 9, 2018

• #4

Oh joy of joys. I have been hoping that one of the sparrows would be a Savannah!
Thanks guys.

 

KC Foggin

Very, very long time member

Supporter

• Jun 9, 2018

• #5

You are quite welcome Wimpy!

Now does this mean it's a lifer for you? If so, Congrats!

 

JWN Andrewes

Poor Judge of Pasta.

• Jun 9, 2018

• #6

Sorry, think this is another White-throated, one of the tan striped jobbies. Keep looking for that Savannah, it's out there somewhere.

 

Birdbrain22

Well-known member

• Jun 9, 2018

• #7

This is 100% a White-throated Sparrow.

 

Wimpy

Well-known member

• Jun 9, 2018

• #8

Ah! It was all going so well. Still my first thought on the ID was spot on.

 

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AidenD

Well-known member

• Jun 10, 2018

• #9

White supercilium, yellow lores, and white median crown stripe are all diagnostic of white-throated sparrow.

 

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Jim M.

Member since 2007

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• Jun 10, 2018

• #10

Wimpy said:

The yellow lores give me the impression that this might be a white-throated sparrow, is it a juvenile it doesn't seem as bright as others I have seen?
Taken in the wood area at the back of CMBO.
Thanks all.

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It is an adult White-throated Sparrow. As Sibley notes, adults range from drabber "tan-striped" to "white-striped." Savannah Sparrow you will typically find in open grasslands; White-throated is typically found in wooded areas, as here.

 

Microtus

Maryland USA (he/him)

• Jun 10, 2018

• #11

Adult White-throated Sparrow.

 

Wimpy

Well-known member

• Jun 10, 2018

• #12

This was our first time in the US, so we had no history of identifying some species. We have two sparrows in the UK, life is easy. I think it was the brown head stripes that caused me doubt.
You have got to love this site.
Thanks all

 

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tom baxter

Well-known member

• Jun 10, 2018

• #13

If you saw that bird in May or even late April that’s a pretty rare out of season find. Nice job