birdgurl Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Not the best photo but any help appreciated Grants Pass, Or along Rogue River I'm kind of thinking Chipping Sparrow 4th photo is a different bird but having hard time Id on it 4th Could it be a Golden-crowned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
egosnell2002 Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 First winter White-crowned Sparrows. Note the yellow bill and white dotting on the wings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdgurl Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share Posted February 19, 2020 That makes sense. There were a lot of White-crowns in the area Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexHenry Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Can anyone ID to subspecies and explain their reasoning? I would like to learn the subspecies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akandula Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 6 hours ago, AlexHenry said: Can anyone ID to subspecies and explain their reasoning? I would like to learn the subspecies The only "yellow-billed" White-crowned Sparrow in range is subspecies pugetensis. I'd call the 4th photo a pugetensis but I don't know about the first bird -- some gambelii have fairly light-colored bills and I'm having a difficult time seeing the color of the first bird's bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Is the fourth bird's bill actually yellow or is it something else (food, maybe)? The texture looks rough and pitted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jefferson Shank Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 First winter White-crowned Sparrows. Note the yellow bill and white dotting on the wings. Agreed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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