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Ottawa and surrounding areas IDs (1 Viewer)
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The Falcon
Registered Birder
I agree on #1 and #3, but #3 looks like a Vesper Sparrow to me.
ospr3y
Osprey Fanatic
#3 or #2?
For #2, I could see the outer tail feathers as white, but the bill is dark and I see no sign of an eyering. Not much of a facial pattern either.
Drevni, any more photos?
JANJ
Well-known member
Hi all.
The rufous 'shoulder' is quite obvious but the face markings less so. Vesper usually has a complete and rather obvious unboken eye-ring, which seems not to be the case here.
Not especially obvious and broken et the rear end. However, considering that the bird is worn, and moulting it would be difficult to see some of the usual features - like the face pattern.
If you compare it with this Vesper here:http://www.rshantz.com/Animals/Birds/Sparrows/Vesper/20070620Sparrow02.htm
there´s a hint of the face markings.
JanJ
The rufous 'shoulder' is quite obvious but the face markings less so. Vesper usually has a complete and rather obvious unboken eye-ring, which seems not to be the case here.
Not especially obvious and broken et the rear end. However, considering that the bird is worn, and moulting it would be difficult to see some of the usual features - like the face pattern.
If you compare it with this Vesper here:http://www.rshantz.com/Animals/Birds/Sparrows/Vesper/20070620Sparrow02.htm
there´s a hint of the face markings.
JanJ
The Falcon
Registered Birder
My mistake, yes, I mean't #2 is a Vesper Sparrow, not #3.
