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Message: <blockquote data-quote="smiths" data-source="post: 1382336" data-attributes="member: 4346">It is too bad that there are no better images of this bird. To me, the white tips to the median coverts seem real (not an artefact), and would safely rule out Reed Bunting. Perhaps the ear-coverts seem rather well-marked and rufous too for this species, but the photographs are simply not good enough to reliably judge this.Now - I am not sure - but such things may suggest something far more rare and exotic. In particular, my thoughts drifted to Chestnut-eared Bunting... I have no experience with that species, but I know that some autumn birds can look quite dull (<a href="http://orientalbirdimages.org/images/data/chestnuteared_bunting0371_kht.jpg" target="_blank">like this one</a>). I suggest it could be worth to go back and look for the bird again, perhaps...</blockquote>