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AndyS

(14,559 posts)
Thu Jan 26, 2023, 02:39 PM Jan 2023

More help with identity.

Last edited Thu Jan 26, 2023, 03:30 PM - Edit history (1)

My Audubon Field Guid has a lot of similar examples but all have some difference, color or such.



Edit to add:
Thanks all! I thought it might be a junko but wasn't sure.

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More help with identity. (Original Post) AndyS Jan 2023 OP
Looks like some kind of junco, but not exactly Walleye Jan 2023 #1
Junco in my op. LakeArenal Jan 2023 #2
Dark-eyed jumco Earl_from_PA Jan 2023 #3
Might be White-winged Junco or Pink-sided Junco Donkees Jan 2023 #4
Certainly "junco-esque" IMO. 3catwoman3 Jan 2023 #5
Here is a photo of a Pink-sided Junco. It has the darker masking between the eyes and beak ... Donkees Jan 2023 #6

Donkees

(32,437 posts)
4. Might be White-winged Junco or Pink-sided Junco
Thu Jan 26, 2023, 03:14 PM
Jan 2023

The Pink-sided Junco might match that chunkier bill in your photo

3catwoman3

(25,654 posts)
5. Certainly "junco-esque" IMO.
Thu Jan 26, 2023, 03:24 PM
Jan 2023

"My" backyard/patio juncos don't have as much white on the belly. They definitely have a light beak with a very pale pink undertone.

Donkees

(32,437 posts)
6. Here is a photo of a Pink-sided Junco. It has the darker masking between the eyes and beak ...
Thu Jan 26, 2023, 03:42 PM
Jan 2023
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