Hi all, Thanks for the responses all, most are saying female red-winged blackbird and this clicks for me as the correct identification.
I have now posted an alternative shot of this bird and it better shows the longer tail, plus shows better the body length / blackbirdy shape more clearly. This makes sense.. https://www.flickr.com/photos/146080097@N04/47675799782/in/dateposted-public/ Also makes sense because there were red-wings all over the area! Forgive my lack of knowledge on this, I never knew female red-winged blackbirds looked *so different* than the males! I have always just assumed they looked similar without ever studying my bird books / apps carefully on this matter! Have a good night all, Brian On Sun, Apr 28, 2019 at 9:52 PM MOU <[email protected]> wrote: > (Posted by Brian Tennessen <[email protected]> via moumn.org) > > Hi, > > I am wondering if someone could help me with the identification of this > sparrow. I am thinking it's a sparrow of some type, but the combination of > features does not quite fit anything i see in my bird app. This bird has > dark streaked breast and belly, hints of yellow/orange around eyes, beak, > and back. Dark beak and legs / feet. > > I posted this photo to my Flickr acct. Here is a link > > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/146080097@N04/46812035205/in/dateposted-public/ > > I saw this bird down at the Bass Ponds by Minnesota river in Bloomington. > > Thanks all for any help identifying this bird, > > Brian > > ---- > Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net > Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html > ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
