Chipping Sparrow

[Mark5]

Is this crummy photo good enough for a positive ID on Chipping?  It is early for them yet with no ebird reports of them showing up in the my area yet.

DSC04796r by Mark Ross, on Flickr

[HamRHead]

It looks right to me.

[The Bird Nuts]

With the rufous eyeline, this is an American Tree Sparrow.

[HamRHead]

12 minutes ago, The Bird Nuts said:

With the rufous eyeline, this is an American Tree Sparrow.

Thanks!

[birdbrain22]

 

On 3/26/2019 at 10:34 AM, The Bird Nuts said:

With the rufous eyeline, this is an American Tree Sparrow.

Agreed

[millipede]

On 3/26/2019 at 10:34 AM, The Bird Nuts said:

With the rufous eyeline, this is an American Tree Sparrow.

not that American tree sparrows come around here often(they get flagged if reported) but I'll have to try really hard to remember that point. Without seeing the bill better and the breast I wouldn't have guessed that. Good info.

On 3/25/2019 at 10:16 PM, Mark5 said:

It is early for them yet with no ebird reports of them showing up in the my area yet.

sometimes mentioning a location of a sighting will help with IDs...  and sometimes birds show up out of range... and sometimes, well sometimes they're technically in an area year round but in lower numbers so they're not always reported even though they may be present somewhere.
Good bird to see by the way. I THINK I've seen one before... they just don't quite make it this far most of the time...