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Found this photo from an old bird-banding session that Mike Newhouse used to manage in the Meadowlands.
Can you ID this bird?
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Nice call Janet! Sparrow which likes Grasshoppers!
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I just love the softness of the feathers…what a dear little creature.
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Grasshopper Sparrow?
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This is just a guess but I want to say Sparrow but really thinking baby American Goldfinch.
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Nice call Janet! Sparrow which likes Grasshoppers!
Marianne Herrmann
I just love the softness of the feathers…what a dear little creature.
Janet T
Grasshopper Sparrow?
Ginny
This is just a guess but I want to say Sparrow but really thinking baby American Goldfinch.