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Post by fishwithfeet on Feb 3, 2019 22:23:10 GMT -5
Photo was taken in three lakes WMA  |
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Post by fishwithfeet on Feb 3, 2019 22:33:09 GMT -5
...or this one? ...also three lakes  |
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Post by Ira Runyan on Feb 3, 2019 22:46:11 GMT -5
I am not an expert by any means, but the top photo does indeed appear to be a Grasshopper Sparrow. Do you have any other photos? The Grasshopper has white stripe on the top midline of its crown.
The photo on the bottom is of a Savannah Sparrow.
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Post by fishwithfeet on Feb 3, 2019 23:07:21 GMT -5
Thanks Ira! There is a stripe on its crown. See below.    |
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Post by fishwithfeet on Feb 4, 2019 19:36:24 GMT -5
Ira, I really appreciate your help. Today I found a phone app from Cornell Lab called Merlin. It has a feature where you can scan a bird photo, and it will tell you the bird. Pretty amazing really. This returned a Bachman's Sparrow.
Although I'd love to have a clear photo of the endangered Florida Grasshopper Sparrow I believe that ID to be correct.
Guess I'll have to go back to Three Lakes to get the photo I wanted. Thanks again
Jeff
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Post by Ira Runyan on Feb 5, 2019 12:28:13 GMT -5
Thank you for the information on the Cornell Lab app called Merlin.
I think it's ID for this bird as a Bachman's Sparrow is correct. On the Bachman's Sparrow you can see a thin, dark eye line passes behind the eye and a pale eyebrow sits above the eye. The Grasshopper Sparrow does not have the dark eye line that passes behind the eye.
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Post by fishwithfeet on Jan 3, 2021 11:30:21 GMT -5
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Post by fishwithfeet on Jan 4, 2021 15:38:19 GMT -5
I couldn't figure this out, so I contacted FWC, and here is what they said: Our biologists have identified this as a Backman Sparrow (BACS). The reasoning/evidence to say it is a BACS: -Malar Stripe -Back Pattern/Boldly Outlined Darker Tertials -Even Rusty Eyeline and Grayish Supercilium (Eyeline is often fainter and more tapered in GRSP) For more: www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Bachmans_Sparrow/species-compare/ |
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