Answer to Bird Quiz #156 - Vesper Sparrow

This quiz was a tricky sparrow but most people were able to figure it out! There are still several people that have answered all three of the quizzes correctly in this series.

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How to Identify:

While most people were able to quickly figure out that this is a species of sparrow, figuring out which species was much trickier. This sparrow shows fine streaking on the sides which helps us eliminate a lot of species. It also has a white throat, malar, and eye-ring. This photo also shows a feature that is rarely seen on this species when it is not in flight, rufous lesser coverts. All of these features lead us to identify this bird as a Vesper Sparrow.

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The final quiz in the December series can be found here: http://nuttybirder.com/BirdQuiz/birdquiz.html#.UM_kKm9z6So.

-Rob