Bird ID
Sep 3, 2018 11:29:16 #
Can anyone help me out with an ID? Taken in Oregon. Thanks.
Sep 3, 2018 11:45:14 #
It is difficult to tell from a rear view, but I believe it's a starling.
Sep 3, 2018 11:47:28 #
leftj
Loc: Texas
suntouched wrote:
Can anyone help me out with an ID? Taken in Oregon. Thanks.
Don't know but looks like a juvenile which could make it hard to identify.
Sep 3, 2018 11:48:53 #
Sep 3, 2018 11:55:36 #
rabbitslayer wrote:
Bill is to short for a starling.
This could be the same bird- little different view
Sep 3, 2018 12:06:22 #
Sep 3, 2018 12:13:51 #
Sep 3, 2018 12:31:02 #
oldgeezer3
Loc: SoCal
Not the same. Check the beaks. First photo bird has much larger beak. Good photos, though.
Sep 3, 2018 12:31:29 #
Sep 3, 2018 12:37:53 #
safeman wrote:
The second one is a Song Sparrow
I think the first one is an immature Spotted Towhee
Sep 3, 2018 12:44:52 #
safeman wrote:
I think the first one is an immature Spotted Towhee
Yes you may be right- it has the look of one now that you have pointed it out.
Sep 3, 2018 12:47:09 #
oldgeezer3
Loc: SoCal
I was just looking at my Audubon book. The first photo is of a seed-eater; the second one is of an insect eater. Neither of them are starlings-too small. Could you tell the sizes?
Sep 3, 2018 12:57:59 #
oldgeezer3 wrote:
I was just looking at my Audubon book. The first photo is of a seed-eater; the second one is of an insect eater. Neither of them are starlings-too small. Could you tell the sizes?
both small birds- sparrow size
They were in a fish and game wildlife area, rural, wooded and running and standing water nearby. No bird feeders around.
Sep 3, 2018 12:59:26 #
oldgeezer3 wrote:
Not the same. Check the beaks. First photo bird has much larger beak. Good photos, though.
Thanks. Taken on overcast day in a heavily treed area. I think the Nikon did ok :)
Sep 4, 2018 07:15:57 #
larryim
Loc: Ohio
I agree with the observations above. I think the first one is a juvenile spotted towhee and the second one definitely looks like a song sparrow. The songs sparrows in the West seem darker than the eastern song sparrows from my experience.
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