Type of sparrow (1 Viewer)

[jillybeanmart]

I am a first time birder. I have a group of over 20 birds coming to a backyard feeder. They all seem similar. Some look extremely young and I have a nest of them under the side of my garage. I'm pretty sure they are sparrows but I keep changing my mind on what type. They are quite vocal with a lot of chirping sounds. I think they might be chirping sparrows or savannah sparrows. I live in the central coast area of California (Santa Barbara county). These pictures were taken in the last two days (July 24-25). They fly away if I open the door so I can only get pictures of them through a screen door or reflective window. I have a nice 200mm lens though so I am able to get a picture despite the problems. I feel a little stupid not able to identify a simple sparrow. Many of the birds seem kinda buff brown color without any striping at all so it makes me wonder if I have two types of sparrows or just male/female adult/juvenile going on. None of them have any other color like red on them - they are all brown.

 

[fugl]

House Sparrows--male, female, juvenile

 

[jillybeanmart]

House Sparrows--male, female, juvenile

Thank you!

 

[jillybeanmart]

I listened to the house sparrow 2 sound on the ibird app and that is exactly what they sound like - all the time. Now it seems so simple.

 

[AlexC]

All House Sparrows, yes. Different family than other North American sparrows actually, as these guys are non-native, introduced courtesy of Europeans settlers.