Bitty Bird ID

Fall migration is such a wonderful time for bird watchers. Not only do we have a variety of adult birds moving through, we have the added challenge of trying to identify juveniles.

For the past couple of weeks, I have spent an inordinate amount of time trying to identify the bitty brown birds in my yard. When I put up a new deck feeder a few weeks ago, I had no idea how handy it would be. I have all these little birds bopping around on the deck about 15 feet away when I’m standing in the kitchen. I am getting quite good at eating supper standing up, with binoculars in the other hand

I’m having so much fun with this I thought I would share it. Thanks to the wonderful photos from Wiki and my friend Bob Lefebvre, I present to you six species currently eating their way through my bird food.

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1. Female Dark-eyed Junco

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2. Female House Sparrow

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3. Pine Siskins

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4. Female House Finch

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5. White-throated Sparrow

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6. Juvenile White-crowned Sparrow

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7. Juvenile Harris's Sparrow

For some fantastic comparison photos of the sparrow family, check out this website

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  2. John
    October 19, 2009 at 6:17 pm

    Here are my guesses (without field guide use).

    Dark-eyed Junco
    House Sparrow
    Pine Siskin
    Purple Finch
    White-throated Sparrow
    White-crowned Sparrow
    Harris Sparrow

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  4. Andrew Baksh
    October 19, 2009 at 6:10 pm

    Ok here goes nothing – 1. Junco, 2. House Sparrow, 3. Pine Siskin, 4. House Finch, 5. White-throated Sparrow, 6. Chipping Sparrow and 7. Harris’s Sparrow

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