This sparrow "look-alike" looks like a Lark Bunting. The big white wing patch is a strong clue, and the bill is larger than most other sparrows. Sibley has a cool list of birds that look like sparrows, but are not. (page 492 of the first edition).
I have recently mis-identified 9 of the last 7 bird photos I looked at, so let's wait for another opinion. Joe Roller, Denver On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 8:02 AM, kickback <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks to all for the comments explaining that this bird is a female lark > bunting! > > Bill > > On Monday, September 7, 2015 at 11:53:37 PM UTC-6, kickback wrote: > >> I think this is a Savannah sparrow but I am not very sure. Seen near >> Drennan road by the airport >> >> http://www.avoapples.com/birds/_MG_7041_cr.jpg >> >> http://www.avoapples.com/birds/_MG_7053_cr.jpg >> >> >> Please send me your comments. >> >> Thanks >> >> Bill >> >> El Paso county, Colorado Springs >> >> [email protected] >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/ac2c50aa-82a1-41cb-aab1-2bd0d14e8424%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/ac2c50aa-82a1-41cb-aab1-2bd0d14e8424%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAJpZcUCSQX4PPu_W4nAu8Sv2S95XFXEJ%3DMznV7%3DS3hFPEJgeFQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
