Song(?) Sparrow Portrait

[Joerg Rockenberger]

Just wondering if this is a Song Sparrow. Photographed 10 days ago in the San Francisco Bay area. Thanks for your help. JR

Canon 40D, 400F5.6, Kenko extension tube, 1/128s, F5.6, ISO-400, Manual Exposure, Tripod

[Jackie Schuknecht]

I looked at my Sibley's Bird Book and this looked like an Adult Eastern Song Sparrow to me. But this is pretty much just a guess.

[Joerg Rockenberger]

Hi Jackie,

Thanks for taking the time to look it up. Don't know much about the distributions of Sparrows but my guess is that an Eastern version would be unlikely to show up in California.
It also didn't have a white belly as shown in the Sibley which is why I questioned Song Sparrow in the first place...

Oh well... JR