tags: Grasshopper Sparrow, Ammodramus savannarum, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Grasshopper Sparrow, Ammodramus savannarum, photographed in Attwater Prairie Chicken Refuge, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 6 December 2008 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/160s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.
Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.
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Peter: Brian, can I see that paper for a sec?
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I'm going to call this one a Grasshopper Sparrow. The "intricate pattern of rufous spots" (Sibley) on the part of the bird that's visible seems right, and what little else I can see seems to fit as well (range, "flat-headed", "short tail").
First time posting, long time reader. I wonder if this may be a Lapland Longspur juvenile. The perching with the "longspur" and the crown is streaked and does not show the central line of the Grasshopper Sparrow. Just a thought.