Big Bear Lake, CA. Last Month

[bpresby]

Made it up to my old home town of Big Bear Lake last month.  Just confirming a few and some identification help. 

1.  Killdeer

2.  Pygmy Nuthatch?

3. White-headed Woodpecker

4.  Mountain Chickadee 

5. Unknown (Female Red-winged Blackbird?)  There were many males in the area. 

6. Unknown. (Sparrow?) 

 

As always,  than you for the help!

[Birding Boy]

1 through 4 are correct, 5 is a Purple Finch, and the rest are House Finches.

[Peromyscus]

4 minutes ago, Birding Boy said:

1 through 4 are correct, 5 is a Purple Finch, and the rest are House Finches.

I agree

[Hasan]

I'm not seeing an obvious reason why Cassin's can be completely eliminated for 5, but then again I could be missing something

[AlexHenry]

Actually I would lean towards Cassin’s for that finch with the more pointy bill, crisp underparts streaking and suggestion of an eye ring but it’s a tough call for sure so I’m not totally sure

[Seanbirds]

5 hours ago, Hasan said:

I'm not seeing an obvious reason why Cassin's can be completely eliminated for 5, but then again I could be missing something

 

5 hours ago, AlexHenry said:

Actually I would lean towards Cassin’s for that finch with the more pointy bill, crisp underparts streaking and suggestion of an eye ring but it’s a tough call for sure so I’m not totally sure

I was going to say something about Cassin’s, but I wasn’t sure what part of California this was, so I kept my mouth shut. Definitely could be one.

[DLecy]

Both Cassin’s and Purple Finch are found at this location. Personally, without a better photo, I would leave this as Cassin’s/Purple Finch in eBird.