Fox Sparrow?

I believe we identified this bird as such when we saw it on the Anvil Mountain road outside of Nome, Alaska on June 6th, but there seems to be an awful lot of variation in this species, so I'd appreciate input from those who are familiar with it-particularly in that area.

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Thanks,

I wondered too. This is nothing like the dark fox sparrows we have here in Oregon.
From my small (ie, incomplete) Alaska bird book, I believe it is the red morph of the fox sparrow. Rusty cheek patch, beak colour, and long tail match. 
Jim DeWitt should know.

Sandy

Hi,

It looks like a fox sparrow............................Jim

Hi Dennis, 



This looks like the Fox Sparrows that we see here in the midwest in the winter time. I believe it is classified as the Red (Taiga) population.

Thanks, everyone.  I appreciate the input.