Bird ID Please

[Jill Morgan]

I thought this little guy would be easy to identify, but can't seem to find anything that matches his markings.  Any of you birders help me with this one?

 

 

Jill

[Jill Morgan]

7 hours ago, Sally R said:

Hi Jill, lovely image. Could this be a Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)?

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Field_Sparrow/id

 

I'm actually from Australia so not very familiar with Canadian birds, but I did a bit of a search for small birds in your region and this one looks like it might be it. More info here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_sparrow

 

Thanks Sally.  I figured it was a sparrow, but went to a number of pages and couldn't match him up.  Missed that page that you went to. Much appreciated.

 

Jill

[meanderingemu]

17 hours ago, Sally R said:

Hi Jill, lovely image. Could this be a Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla)?

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Field_Sparrow/id

 

I'm actually from Australia so not very familiar with Canadian birds, but I did a bit of a search for small birds in your region and this one looks like it might be it. More info here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_sparrow

 

 

great call, that would have been my guess based on sparrow guide i have.

 

 

[meanderingemu]

5 hours ago, Sally R said:

 

 

Thanks Jill and Jean-François. It was a bit of a fluke finding it as I didn't know it was a sparrow, but googled something like 'small birds, passerines, ontario, canada' and looked through the google images that came up.

 

I would love to visit your part of the world. I've made up imaginary trips through Ontario and Quebec among other places in Canada. Of course no idea at this point if and when it will be possible to do such travelling, but it's fun to imagine what is possible to see and do, even if just in my imagination. I'd particularly love to see a snowy owl. They have to be one of the most striking birds in the world and I'm sure it is magical to see one.

 

 

as we continue with our local mess of a Pandemic response, birds still remains one of my main mind stability, so i have actually set the challenge of learning local sparrow identification, so right away i assumed it was.  They are a pain, but now i'm able to see from the head stripe, beak and eye colouring if it's one of the 5-6 I now recognise quickly, it wasn't, so used a couple head charts i have found through image search....  

 

 

Even as Canadian i actually only saw my first snowy owl this winter- never lived on their stumping grounds before...  Really pretty bird...  But, you have your share of striking bird, says the person with emu as his personal totem animal....