Say's Phoebe? in Western, WA 3-16-18 (2 Viewers)

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garrettwhaynes

Member

• Mar 18, 2018

• #1

Hello,

I got back from birding at the Boeing Ponds in Kent, WA on 3-16-18 and was looking at the photos of this bird I took on barbed wire and it looks to me like a Says Phoebe. What do you all think?

 

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The Bird Nuts

Birding Duo

• Mar 18, 2018

• #2

Golden-crowned Sparrow.

 

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garrettwhaynes

Member

• Mar 18, 2018

• #3

What characteristics did you look at to determine golden crowned? I am trying to learn what I should be looking at to figure out what something is Thanks!

 

Nutcracker

Stop Brexit!

• Mar 18, 2018

• #4

A stout seed-eater's bill, not a slender flycatcher's bill, for starters :t:

 

The Bird Nuts

Birding Duo

• Mar 18, 2018

• #5

And it has streaks on its back. Say's Phoebes have solid gray-brown backs.

 

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garrettwhaynes

Member

• Mar 18, 2018

• #6

I see what you are saying about the bill and the streaking now. I think I was confused because of how dark its back looks in the photo. I should take a birding 101 class from a local Audubon chapter and it would probably explain some of these basics to me. Thanks guys!!