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Finally got a Sparrow's Name Right
Lisa W

Finally got a Sparrow's Name Right (Pooecetes gramineus)

I am horrible at ID'ing Sparrows. When I got home from the draw this morning I sat with my Sparrow book for over 1/2 an hour before I decided this might be a Vesper Sparrow. Quick trip to the id forum here confirmed it.
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Habitat
. It prefers shorter grassland areas and often occupies native prairies, pastures, haylands and semidesert forests.
Location
Whitewater Draw, Sulfur Springs Valley, Arizona
Date taken
January 16, 2011
Scientific name
Pooecetes gramineus
Equipment used
Canon 1D Mark III, Canon 400mm DO Lens, Kenko 1.4 teleconverter
ammadoux
well i find ID some birds very enjoyable specially warblers (our old world are not as colorful as your new worlds) but i am absuloutly helpless with others, but the ID forum people are marvelous.

great capture of this one seem to be your first, so congratulation.
 

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