Hi, I would appreciate some guidance as to what this Sparrow species might be. I have overlooked the little brown birds up to this point, but in my pursuit of other field/grassland birds, I keep discovering new birds and they are kind of hard at times to figure out. THANKS!
Good solid ID from responders. It's very useful to know why a certain bird is what it is, and for learning purposes we try to do that here when we can. In this case, the overall compact look of the bird, no neck, fairly flat, "roman" nose, and habitat suggest one of the Ammodramus sparrows. Ammodramus is a genus of small, secretive, grassland (including coastal) sparrows. Of the 7 species in NA in this genus, all but the Grasshopper have streaking of one sort or another on the breast, so that alone clinches the ID- this bird has a nice unmarked breast. A beautiful image by the way Bryan! I have a dream to photograph this species with some best buddies of mine on Ontario next year.
Last edited by John Chardine; 07-09-2010 at 06:47 AM.
Nice shot of an uncommon bird - at least in my parts. I just posted its close cousin, the Henslow's sparrow, which would be the easiest to confuse with this little grasshopper. We both got lucky! Thanks.
Thanks DB, I actually think I might have some of a Henslow's in the same field/same day. I will have to post one of those for ID help as well! Pretty cool though since I really wasn't that familiar with the Sparrow family until really this year.
Hey sorry Dave I just saw your question. I was using a 1D Mk3 with a 600mm f/4 and 1.4x TC. Shot from my car on a beanbag. ISO 640, Av Mode, 0 comp, eval meter, 1/400th @ f/10. 7:06pm on 6/28/10
What kind of Sparrow??
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