Please help to ID this bird!

russ2009

13 years ago

This pic of this bird was sent to me this morning. Could someone please id the bird. It was seen only once last week and not been around since. It was seen in Eastern Canada.

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tuduloo
13 years ago
looks like a chipping sparrow
birding_nut
13 years ago
It is an American Tree Sparrow. The two white wing bars, yellowish beak, gray face, and location point to tree sparrow. A Chipping Sparrow in winter in eastern Canada would be an exceptional sighting. See link below for another pic of this great winter sparrow for comparison.

BN

Here is a link that might be useful: American Tree Sparrow
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bandjzmom
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Cool bird! I'd love to see one sometime.
lisa11310
13 years ago
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13 years ago
Cool! They used to come to my feeder in Kentucky, but only during a prolonged snowstorm
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