Sparrow id, song or lincoln? (1 Viewer)

Rachael Smith

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• May 5, 2007

• #1

Took this today at the springfield mo nature centre, I am thinking lincoln sparrow but haven't ruled out song sparrow, any confirmation?

 

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tim.birdboy

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• May 5, 2007

• #2

I would say Lincon's, the stripes on the breast are too fine and light colored to be Song. I have been seeing a lot of these lately, very active little birds.

 

Storm-Petrel

registered dude

• May 5, 2007

• #3

im with lincolns too

 

AlexC

Aves en Los Ángeles

Opus Editor

• May 5, 2007

• #4

Would agree on a Lincoln's - at first it didn't seem buffy enough to me on the breast and malar, but pic2 shows some. Also shows peaked crown and, as Tim says, thin breast streaking. Eye-ring looks more definitive than on a Song, too.