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July 6, 2020

Bird I.D. Help Requested

AndyssparrowThis guy was photographed recently in New Mexico.

I know it's got to be a sparrow, but what kind? Also, I figure it's young because it's eating out of the palm of a hand, but what do I know?

Can you help?

 

 

3 comments

  • julie
    6 years ago Reply

    Lori – what a great name! I hope Alejandro Arturo Amonte has a wonderful life. 😀

  • Lori Charkey
    6 years ago Reply

    Julie – You get the prize!! My friend Andy says that Alejandro Arturo Amonte, as he has named his visitor, has the telltale yellow on his wings and is surely a Pine Siskin. That was up there on my list of possibilities. Thanks so much! Mystery solved!

  • julie
    6 years ago Reply

    i’m leaning toward pine siskin. apparently they have a year-round range in new mexico, and there seem to be plenty of sightings in the past month in the state. (i checked, because i tend to think of them as an irruptive species due to where i live. 🙂
    https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Pine_Siskin/media-browser/67276571
    although the photo above has some dark lighting, i think the buffy edging on the feathers matches up with the description here. i’m a little torn on the bill, but i think there might be some fluff or some sunflower seed remnant getting in the way of my view. 🙂
    new mexico is definitely not my stomping grounds, so i am open to correction. 😀

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3 comments

  • julie
    6 years ago Reply

    Lori – what a great name! I hope Alejandro Arturo Amonte has a wonderful life. 😀

  • Lori Charkey
    6 years ago Reply

    Julie – You get the prize!! My friend Andy says that Alejandro Arturo Amonte, as he has named his visitor, has the telltale yellow on his wings and is surely a Pine Siskin. That was up there on my list of possibilities. Thanks so much! Mystery solved!

  • julie
    6 years ago Reply

    i’m leaning toward pine siskin. apparently they have a year-round range in new mexico, and there seem to be plenty of sightings in the past month in the state. (i checked, because i tend to think of them as an irruptive species due to where i live. 🙂
    https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Pine_Siskin/media-browser/67276571
    although the photo above has some dark lighting, i think the buffy edging on the feathers matches up with the description here. i’m a little torn on the bill, but i think there might be some fluff or some sunflower seed remnant getting in the way of my view. 🙂
    new mexico is definitely not my stomping grounds, so i am open to correction. 😀

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