Song Sparrow? Tucson Arizona (1 Viewer)

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Paul Tavares

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• Feb 4, 2016

• #1

I feel kind of silly asking if this is a Song Sparrow but it is quite a bit different than the Eastern version we get in my home base in Ontario. Taken two weeks ago at Sweetwater Wetlands in Tucson.

Thanks in advance
Paul

 

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RJP

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• Feb 4, 2016

• #2

I'd say it is a Song, albeit a very lightly marked one. Probably the paler, more rufous sub-species M. m. fallax from Arizona.

 

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fugl

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• Feb 4, 2016

• #3

Agree, Song Sparrow

 

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Paul Tavares

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• Feb 5, 2016

• #4

Thank you both

Paul

 

Larry Lade

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• Feb 5, 2016

• #5

Of all our native sparrows, I think the Song Sparrow is most variable in its plumage in respect to its geographical location. They can appear quite different in different parts of the US.