Jack Douglas said:dpc you sure have a popular fence, what's the secret to getting all these birds? V nice.
Jack
dpc said:Formal portrait: White-throated sparrow...
dpc said:I'm not 100% sure what this is, perhaps a song sparrow?
Jack Douglas said:dpc said:I'm not 100% sure what this is, perhaps a song sparrow?
V nice. Whenever I ask this question it always comes back as Song sparrow - I guess based on the stripe pattern. Apparently, there are great variations as I saw in Haida Gwaii.
I'm partial to Saskatchewan since my first year with my Canon Ftb was in Moose Jaw and surrounding areas via my old Honda 300. I just loved the hill country to the south with the cactus etc.
Jack
LSeries said:Run into some swans today (7D Mark II + EF 400mm f/5.6L):
Actually these are my first bird photos this year
Nice shot of a Lincoln's Sparrow - often a somewhat secretive species and not very common in the eastern USA. Compared to a Song Sparrow they have finer more well defined streaks (like a fine tipped sharpie vs. smudgy marks of Song Sparrow) over much of their plumage; the well defined black streaks in the rusty cap with a central gray line; a buffy breast and flanks and well defined eye ring all help separate it from Song Sparrow. Once you get a gizz feeling for them they look slimmer, trimmer and often raises its crest (more so than a Song Sparrow). They often like to hide so you did a great job of getting one in plain surroundings - so yeah you got a different species this time. My wife and I are the author/photographers for the Nature Guides in the National Parks and appreciate a nice image showing all of the field marks for easy identification; good stuff - Robdpc said:I'm not 100% sure what this is, perhaps a song sparrow?