Bird ID....

[DornCounty]

Hope this isn't taboo, since it's the off season and things are slow.

Anyone know what this is. Maybe a little bigger than a house sparrow. seems to have a little yellow on the head.

[Ed Pace]

Dorn, This is a pretty good site take your pick http://www.pbase.com/mobish/all_sparrow ... s_together

Ed

[Louise Chambers]

face pattern reminds me of Vesper Sparrow or Lark Sparrow, and it looks like it has white outer tail feathers, which both of those do. Leaning towards Vesper, I guess.

[Matt F.]

Hmmmm....
The amount of yellow in the strip above the eye, has me leaning towards the Savannah Sparrow:
http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Savannah_Sparrow/id

[DornCounty]

thanks guys.. my $ is on the savannah sparrow.

Appreciate the help.. I had spent a couple hours on the cornell site and hadn't hit on the savannah yet.

[Daniel Airola]

Pretty sure it is a Dickcissel, based on the amount of yellow in the eyestripe and the reddish on the wings. Too much yellow for a Savannah Sparrow

[Bob Buskas]

female Purple Finch ? The yellow over the eye could just be the sun glare.

[lcline85]

Look up a winter plumage Bobolink! I saw a bird very simialar to that and decided it was that.

[CMF]

Savannah Sparrow; a common passerine of the grassland prairie has many diverse plumage blends. My first impression is the slender GISS of a sparrow, yellow tinged lores/supraloral, notched tail, moustache, slender bill, bold streaking on flank, all fit classic SASP.