A Marshy Perch

[Paul Ricciardi]

Not too sure what species this is
Juvie sparrow?
Surprised I got such a sharp frame considering I was working with an effective focal length of 1600mm. Wish for a cleaner perch and background, but still fairly pleased.

Camera: Olympus E-1
Exposure: 1/320
Aperture: f/7.1
Focal Length: 800mm
ISO Speed: 400
Exposure Bias: 0 EV

[Ilija Dukovski]

Yes definitely a juvi, you can see the yellow in the base of the beak.
At first glance I'd say Chipping. Can you tell us where and when?

Nice image with the habitat. Great eye contact and sharpness. I like it!

[Jim Buescher]

Looks like it might be a young Lincoln's Sparrow. Try posting it in Avian Identification and see what John Chardine comes up with.

[Paul Ricciardi]

Location was Connecticut, shot it this morning bout 7 am

[Aidan Briggs]

Not really sure about this one. The BG is noisy, and there are many distracting elements in it. I would also prefer less of a head turn, and less twigs around the bird. I would try some NR on the BG. Very sharp though. Without noise and a different BG, this could be a decent image.

[Ilija Dukovski]

At second glance the facial pattern and breast streaking points to Swamp
Song can be very similar though.

[Ed Schneider]

I'm leaning towards SWSP fledgling on this. As far as the busy BG, it's in habitat, and I might just remove the two "floating" branches in LL quadrant. Very nice image BTW