Sunday, September 4, 2011

It's a guess


I need some help with this one. It was fairly low in the brush of the wooded area at the marsh on Friday. I think it may be a tan-striped white-throated sparrow, but I'm far from certain. Not seeing its wings doesn't help.

2 comments:

  1. I think this is a swamp sparrow. Grayer breast and eye stripe and warmer chestnut wings make a nice contrast with the darker gray sides. Grayer sides. Like the yellowthroats some of them linger on in the marshes into winter.

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  2. Dan
    Thanks for this. I posted the shot to my Flickr photostream; one person thought it might be a seaside sparrow; one thought it was a swamp sparrow. I tend to agree with you.

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