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Sparrow ID please (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter leestan
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The Bird Nuts
Birding Duo
Juvenile Chipping Sparrow.
birdmeister
Well-known member
Don't know if you're hinting at Vesper Sparrow, but I would go with Vesper. Seems to have the makings of an extensive white eye-ring, too.
Jeff Hopkins
Just another...observer
I'm in the Vesper camp.
The Bird Nuts
Birding Duo
Vesper Sparrows have much shorter tails.
Larry Sweetland
Formerly 'Larry Wheatland'
Plenty of images labelled as juv Chipping Sparrow show similar face pattern and white edge to underside of outer tail.
Chipping Sparrow juv images - http://www.migrationresearch.org/mbo/id/chsp.html#hymb0
tom baxter
Well-known member
Are those lores too dark for clay-colored? Hard to say in my opinion. That was my immediate impression but after reading responses I am in the chipping/clay-colored camp. I’m pretty sure Vesper’s would have a more well defined auricular pattern and bold median(?) coverts.
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TLeukering
Well-known member
As noted elsewhere, the tail is far too long and too narrow for Vesper Sparrow. This is a pretty typical juv Chipping. Though the dark eyeline is not particularly obvious on this bird, it is present, and helps to rule out Clay-colored. I'd also guess that the tail is probably a bit too long for Clay-colored.
