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ID Please

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Posted by Charles Gangas on March 26, 2012 at 4:49 PM
ID Please
I'd appreciate any help. I think this is a Fox Sparrow - but I'm not certain. Found at Ridgefield WMR in Washington State.

Thanks,

CG
Posted by dan elster on March 26, 2012 at 5:11 PM
I think you are right, fox sparrow.
Posted by Richard Ditch on March 26, 2012 at 8:05 PM
Yes, a Fox Sparrow. Western forms of this species differ in color from the eastern "red" form and many people believe that the species should be split.
Posted by Nick Baldwin on March 27, 2012 at 9:54 AM
Interesting. Both the Fox and Song sparrows have those heavily streaked breasts but the Song sparrow has the central spot. One thing I have been taught to look for is a much redder or rufus tail on the Fox sparrow and grey on the neck.
So to me this could be a Fox sparror for that but the "spot," if indeed that is a spot, is a bit confusing.
But then again many sparrows are confusing!