Which of These Sparrows is Different?
Feb 27, 2020 11:42:50 #
I saw this sight in our backyard a few minutes ago.
Answer: the middle bird with an orange beak is a female cardinal
Feb 27, 2020 11:52:17 #
Feb 27, 2020 11:57:54 #
Longshadow wrote:
Thank you for commenting.
Without my 77-420mm {55-300mm + 1.4 TC} lens, they all the birds under my squirrel feeder had looked the same.
Feb 27, 2020 12:08:07 #
rehess wrote:
Thank you for commenting.
Without my 77-420mm {55-300mm + 1.4 TC} lens, they all the birds under my squirrel feeder had looked the same.
Without my 77-420mm {55-300mm + 1.4 TC} lens, they all the birds under my squirrel feeder had looked the same.
Yup.
Feb 27, 2020 14:45:39 #
Feb 28, 2020 08:17:15 #
Feb 28, 2020 09:13:47 #
jaymatt wrote:
Thank you for your comment.
Hopefully you can see even more interesting birds at Lake Summit!!
Feb 28, 2020 09:16:59 #
rehess wrote:
Thank you for your comment.
Hopefully you can see even more interesting birds at Lake Summit!!
Hopefully you can see even more interesting birds at Lake Summit!!
Hope to see some, at least.
Feb 28, 2020 09:32:02 #
jaymatt wrote:
Hope to see some, at least.
With the weather this year, it is a "crap shoot".
My wife, who is the bird watcher in the family, says position of the sun is key.
If that is right, it will depend on which birds are resident around there.
If received knowledge is wrong, maybe you will find something else.
In any case, I hope you have a good and productive day.
Feb 28, 2020 10:53:00 #
Feb 28, 2020 12:12:56 #
Feb 28, 2020 13:00:07 #
rehess wrote:
I saw this sight in our backyard a few minutes ago.
I think the answer is none, because one is not a sparrow, it almost looks like a female cardinal to me, but it is hard to see, because the picture is very unclear!
Feb 28, 2020 13:22:47 #
speters wrote:
I think the answer is none, because one is not a sparrow, it almost looks like a female cardinal to me, but it is hard to see, because the picture is very unclear!
My view was unclear which is why I was uncertain at first.
Yes, the bird with an orange beak is a female Cardinal who was "slumming" with the Sparrows, something I noticed only when I looked through my viewfinder.
Mar 1, 2020 08:59:57 #
Tonyf1234
Loc: Hyattsville, MD
How different do you want? You have a single female Northern Cardinal (with the red bill), and several Male and Female House Sparrows. Males with the Black bib, females more plain.
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