Another little bird near Charleston, SC (1 Viewer)

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PTC

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• Nov 6, 2014

• #1

Hello friends,

Please help ID this little guy, seen a couple of days ago.

It was on a footpath, scratching around the bushes near a swampy area at Magnolia Plantation near Ashley River, just north of Charleston, SC, USA.

Thank you for your help.

 

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Lisa W

I really need to get out and bird more

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• Nov 6, 2014

• #2

I'm going to guess some type of Waterthrush, but don't know which one - Louisiana?

 

KC Foggin

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• Nov 6, 2014

• #3

Looks good for Louisiana Waterthrush for me as well. Did you notice if it bobbed its tail a lot?

 

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Bokmakierie99

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• Nov 6, 2014

• #4

definately not a waterthrush, bill is much to thick and coloring/patterning is all wrong (also it's a bit late in the year for warblers).
It's a sparrow of some sort, I'd say either song or swamp.

 

RJP

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• Nov 6, 2014

• #5

Swamp Sparrow.

 

jmepler

It's just a flesh wound.

• Nov 6, 2014

• #6

We just have had a couple late Northern Waterthrush here in Pennsylvania this week. This bird, as Randy has said, is a Swamp Sparrow.

 

P

PTC

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• Nov 6, 2014

• #7

Thanks for helping guys. :t:

 

Lisa W

I really need to get out and bird more

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• Nov 7, 2014

• #8

Well, struck out again. Sorry for putting you on the wrong track.