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Birders

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

Walleye

(36,294 posts)

1. Looks like some kind of junco, but not exactly

Reply to AndyS (Original post)

Thu Jan 26, 2023, 02:40 PM

Jan 2023

LakeArenal

(29,850 posts)

2. Junco in my op.

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Thu Jan 26, 2023, 02:49 PM

Jan 2023

Earl_from_PA

(129 posts)

3. Dark-eyed jumco

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Thu Jan 26, 2023, 03:10 PM

Jan 2023

I think...

Donkees

(32,434 posts)

4. Might be White-winged Junco or Pink-sided Junco

Reply to AndyS (Original post)

Thu Jan 26, 2023, 03:14 PM

Jan 2023

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

3catwoman3

(25,642 posts)

5. Certainly "junco-esque" IMO.

Reply to AndyS (Original post)

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

(32,434 posts)

6. Here is a photo of a Pink-sided Junco. It has the darker masking between the eyes and beak ...

Reply to AndyS (Original post)

Thu Jan 26, 2023, 03:42 PM

Jan 2023

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