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| I sort of thought there was a white-throated sparrow in the yard this morning. I'm thinking, however, that this is a golden-crowned sparrow. Maybe. | |
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| Dark-eyed junco |
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| I will never not be charmed by thumbprints (technically: a female bushtit) |
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| 99.99% certain this is a ruby-crowned kinglet though I've yet to spot its ruby crown and it's been hanging out for the last week. |
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| Now is this the same bird as the first one above, or is it a white-throated sparrow? |
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| Quite the unexpected visitor! I'm thinking it's a hermit thrush. |
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| A handsome bird, the spotted towhee, even with snow on its beak. |
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| A couple of American robins enjoying the berries on a neighborhood tree. |
Golden-crowned Sparrow all round, yes. Hermit Thrush is very nice! White-crowned Sparrows of all ages/sexes have a distinctive dark eye-stripe. Ruby-crowned, yes. Glad you dug out the old camera!
ReplyDeleteThanks. What I still think I saw, but failed to photograph, was a white-throated sparrow. We've had them occasionally. I didn't know that about the white-crowned eye; I'll have to look for that when I'm wondering if it's a young white-crowned vs golden-crowned in future.
DeleteAlso, it has started snowing here again.
DeleteSorry, my typo -- I meant WHite-THROATED Sparrows have the eye line! I had one in my yard up there once. Also usually a tiny patch of yellow between eye and bill.
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