Subject: Baby Black-tailed Hawfinch or other bird? [Print This Page] Author: ctakming Time: 19/07/2008 21:40 Subject: Baby Black-tailed Hawfinch or other bird?
Looks like a juv. sparrow to me. Author: ctakming Time: 21/07/2008 00:02
I have seen a bird which was like a female black-tailed hawfinch flown away (I didn't take its image) after feeding a juvenile nearby and a male black-tailed hawfinch standing on another tree next to the juvenile.
Since I didn't want to distrub them, I did not wait for the return of the female. Author: ajohn Time: 21/07/2008 14:48
The first bird in your second post is clearly a juvenile Tree Sparrow - the chestnut crown and streaked back can be seen on this photo. Also the tail does not seem to be forked as on a grosbeak.
The bird in the first post is less clear, but I think this also looks like a tree sparrow - the bill does not look large enough for a grosbeak.
The other bird (photos 2-3 in the second post) is a male Grosbeak.
Juvenile grosbeaks look like the adults (overall plain grey-brown, dark wings, heavy pale bill) but are browner on the head than the adult. Author: ctakming Time: 21/07/2008 17:40
Thanks kmatthew and ajohn.
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