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Posted by Robert Bunch on November 21, 2011 at 10:04 AM
ID request
After consulting my field guide I think this may be a savannah sparrow and I'm hoping someone can confirm or correct my ID. The picture was made Nov 2011 in Dallas, Texas. thanks for your help.

Robert
Posted by Luke Ormand on November 21, 2011 at 10:07 AM
It looks like a song sparrow to me though there seems to be a hint o fyellow on the face which would point to savannah
Posted by Jim DeWitt on November 21, 2011 at 3:12 PM
Song Sparrow, in my opinion, Robert. I agree with Luke that there is a buffy shade to the lores but then some subspecies of Song Sparrow can have a buffy lores. The definitive field mark for differentiating sub-adult Savannah from Song is tail length, not useful in this shot. :frown:
Posted by Robert Bunch on November 22, 2011 at 7:07 AM
Thanks Jim and Luke!

Robert