Indigo Bunting? ID help please.

I recently photographed a LBB, to me it did look like a female house sparrow.
In my other post, member of POTN (Steve) commented on my unlabeled pic that it
possibly is an Indigo Bunting female.
Would like to hear more opinions about that bird, which would be my very first
Thanks in advance.

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/kris_n-ski/7030777417/

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/kris_n-ski/7030777573/

a tell for a Bunting is blurry streaks in the chest, so i'm going with no.

http://naturescapeimag​es.files.wordpress.com​/2011/01/bunthroat.jpg​?w=450

nice, really like the composition in #2

It's a female House Sparrow Kris. Nice shots.

txcanon wrote in post #14190309
It's a female House Sparrow Kris. Nice shots.

I would argue w/you Brad that the whitish throat and bicolor beak are signs of a female Indigo Bunting and not a House Sparrow; although it does look like a young one.

Not to hijack Kris' thread, but here's a documentary image of a known female Indigo Bunting for comparison taken last May.

I thought the house sparrow's bi-colored beak the lower part is more yellow while the Bunting is more whitish/fleshy colored. Looks like Kris's is yellow. But I might be wrong!

Based on the shape of the beak, I'm gonna go with house sparrow.

It is a female House Sparrow.... the bunting, is different by the shape of the head, beak and the female second year bird has a faint tinge of blue on her upper median coverts... nice shots.

Sorry Kris, but I may have to agree w/the others now that your images do look more like a female House Sparrow than a female Indigo Bunting. But that is only after consulting the Cornell bird ID website to see pix of the bicolor beak of the Sparrow. None of my field guides even hint that a bicolor beak exists in the female House Sparrow. I also think the dark brown stripes up high on the back of the bird in your images do not resemble an Indigo Bunting. Sorry to have gotten your hopes up Kris; and an additional apology to Brad who I should know by now knows his Sparrows!

Grizz wrote in post #14190677
I thought the house sparrow's bi-colored beak the lower part is more yellow while the Bunting is more whitish/fleshy colored. Looks like Kris's is yellow. But I might be wrong!

ETS wrote in post #14190687
Based on the shape of the beak, I'm gonna go with house sparrow.

Its a nice one for sure.

I should of explained by ID in my previous post. A couple others made some good points about head shape, beak shape and color. Also the House Sparrow has a rich brown color on their back along with gray underparts.
Another point is the Sparrows have a faint eye line.

Very informative and most excellent explanation, I thank you all
Another mysterious LBB uncovered

Steve, with your most excellent image I can see a very subtle details between both birds.
Wish Cornell Lab has your image in their database about Indigo Buntings