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Date: 10/1/25 6:55 pm From: Pete Sole <pete...> Subject: Re: [MBBIRDS] Odd immature sparrows at Homeless Garden Oct. 1 (photos)
Hi birders, First many thanks to all of the responders. The ID was unanimous, 2 immature Chipping Sparrows. Two ID marks repeatedly pointed out by various folks: * At this time of the year, immature Chipping Sparrows still have some fine streaking. * The dark/blackish lores, are quite diagnostic for this genus of sparrows. Again, strong indicator for a Chipping. A fun set of sparrows to puzzle over. Pete On 10/1/25 5:17 PM, Pete Sole wrote: > Hi birders, > > This morning (10/1) we saw 2 odd immature? sparrows that we could not > conclusively identify at the Homeless Garden. Here are a few cropped, > but otherwise untouched pictures of these birds: > > https://www.lighthousenet.com/photos/birds/odd/sparrow_2_odd_251001a.jpg > > https://www.lighthousenet.com/photos/birds/odd/sparrow_2_odd_251001b.jpg > > https://www.lighthousenet.com/photos/birds/odd/sparrow_odd_251001a.jpg > > https://www.lighthousenet.com/photos/birds/odd/sparrow_odd_251001d.jpg > > https://www.lighthousenet.com/photos/birds/odd/sparrow_odd_251001e.jpg > > The faint streaking on the chest, relatively light color and small > size all confused us. I'm guessing that they are immature sparrows in > the Spizella genus. Perhaps young Chipping Sparrows? In the field I > thought maybe immature Lincoln's, but now I lean towards imm. Chipping. > > Your thoughts? Appreciate any insight from the birding community. > > Thanks, > > Pete Solé > > Soquel, CA > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mbbirds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mbbirds+<unsubscribe...> To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mbbirds/<facf2316-8d0c-46ce-9f87-4459dbd51935...>

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