Taylorjane Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Taken a few days ago at Georgetown Lake in SW Montana. I think it may be a Song Sparrow, but a positive ID would be great! Thank you so much for your help!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 (edited) I think Song Sparrow is correct. Edited July 11, 2018 by The Bird Nuts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Have any more photos? I'm having second thoughts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akiley Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 1 minute ago, The Bird Nuts said: Have any more photos? I'm having second thoughts... I'm not sure either. If it's not a Song, it's a Lincoln's. Juveniles of those two species can be quite hard to tell apart! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akiley Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 I might actually be leaning towards Lincoln's with the thin streaking, and the coloring on the face seems to fit as well. Still not sure though. @The Bird Nuts do you think this is an adult or a juvenile? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackburnian Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 I’d go Lincoln’s here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 14 minutes ago, akiley said: I might actually be leaning towards Lincoln's with the thin streaking, and the coloring on the face seems to fit as well. Still not sure though. @The Bird Nuts do you think this is an adult or a juvenile? If it's singing in that second photo, I would think it's an adult, but I don't know how else to tell with photos of this quality. I'm leaning Lincoln's now, too, because of the ID marks you mentioned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylorjane Posted July 12, 2018 Author Share Posted July 12, 2018 I went through my photos and I think this is the same bird from a different angle. Quality isn't that great. It was singing quite a bit, and at a high level....so I was thinking at the time it would be an adult. Thank you all for your input. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted July 12, 2018 Share Posted July 12, 2018 Thanks for that photo! I can see the buffy wash on the breast and the thin streaking pretty well, so I'd go with Lincoln's. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylorjane Posted July 12, 2018 Author Share Posted July 12, 2018 I just went to the Cornell site and they have a good video of a Lincoln's Sparrow singing ,and from what I remember it was very simililar to the bird song I heard. Lincoln's it is! Thank You! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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