I have not added my digiscoped images as yet to my eBird checklist but in reviewing them and the videos I took, I am comfortable with a HY (hatch year) bird as well.
Cheers, -------- "I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence." ~ Frederick Douglass 風 Swift as the wind 林 Quiet as the forest 火 Conquer like the fire 山 Steady as the mountain Sun Tzu The Art of War > (\__/) > (= '.'=) > (") _ (") > Sent from somewhere in the field using my mobile device! Andrew Baksh www.birdingdude.blogspot.com > On Nov 20, 2019, at 4:51 PM, Shaibal Mitra <shaibal.mi...@csi.cuny.edu> wrote: > > Hi Steve and all, > > In terms of field-observable appearance, my thought was that it was a > hatching-year bird based on (1) the vagueness and narrowness of the blackish > arc extending from the forecrown back along the lateral crown; and (2) the > relatively large amount of yellow bleeding down below the arc, into the front > of the supercilium. A lot of winter birds out west show much broader, more > solidly black frontal arcs and little or no yellow below the arc. On the LI > bird, the dark arc often looked to me like a vague, discontinuous series of > small dark flecks. I would think an adult would show more black. > > When I get a chance I'll check lots of photos for hints regarding molt > limits, the shapes of rectrix tips, etc. > > Shai Mitra > Bay Shore > ________________________________________ > From: bounce-124141213-11143...@list.cornell.edu > [bounce-124141213-11143...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Steve Walter > [swalte...@verizon.net] > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 4:11 PM > To: NYSBIRDS > Subject: [nysbirds-l] Golden-crowned Sparrow Pics and Age > > I’ve posted a couple of pictures at my web site http://stevewalternature.com/ > . Not being on top of Golden-crowned Sparrow plumages, I assumed while I was > there that it’s a first winter (immature) bird. It is what you expect in > these situations. Now having had a chance to look at references and pictures, > I’m not so sure about that. This bird seems brighter on the crown and above > the eye than many immatures. which are often rather plain faced with limited > yellow. But it is noted that there’s enough variability in adults and > immatures that they can’t always be aged. This individual looks very similar > to the one in figure 48.3 in “Sparrows … The Photographic Guide”, which is > left undetermined to age. You can look it up for yourself, if you care about > that sort of thing. > > Steve Walter > Bayside, NY > -- > NYSbirds-L List Info: > Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm> > Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm> > Subscribe, Configuration and > Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > Archives: > The Mail > Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> > Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L> > ABA<http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01> > Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! > -- > > -- > > NYSbirds-L List Info: > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm > http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm > > ARCHIVES: > 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html > 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L > 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 > > Please submit your observations to eBird: > http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ > > -- > -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES.htm http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/nysbirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birding.aba.org/maillist/NY01 Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --