I spent a few hours with the US Fish & Wildlife service trying to ID a few birds that I couldn't ID. Most of them were juveniles of known species. US Fish & Wildlife could not ID this one sparrow and asked my permission to send the photo elsewhere for positive ID. So far the consensus is that no one can ID this bird for me. It may be a hybrid or a new sub-species. If anybody can help ID this bird, please let me know.
Thanks in advance.
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Last edited by DavidRamey; 07-27-2006 at 09:22 PM.
I'm not an expert, but I don't think it is a sparrow; it looks very much like a juvenile chaffinch. But, that said, I didn't think they were found in North America.
I'm not an expert, but I don't think it is a sparrow; it looks very much like a juvenile chaffinch. But, that said, I didn't think they were found in North America.
I know nothing of a chaffinch, I am going to assume that it is some form of Finch. Finches feed in trees and brush. That is why they are attracted to hanging bird feeders so well. Sparrows feed on the ground. The bird in my photos is feeding on the ground. US Fish & Wildlife believes it may be a hybrid of a Slate-colored Junco and a White-crowned Sparrow. We are still trying to get a positive ID on this bird.
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Need more info - where? when? It looks like one of the juncos to me but it would have to be very young as the bill color is not right yet. The broad buffy edges on the secondaries (top of the folded wing) indicates very fresh plumage.
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When I was in Nome I was told that it is fairly common to find Asian birds that get "blown in" -- are you close enough to Russia that the bird might be coming from there?
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