Tree & Chipping Sparrow Comparison

Two sparrows which can sometimes be confused are the American Tree and Chipping. I managed to photograph them both recently in similar poses and I thought it might be interesting to compare them. The tree has a central breast spot, bi-colored bill, and the stripe through the eye is rusty like its cap. The chipping has no spot, a black bill, and a black eye stripe.

Nice work and info.

Very nice Al. Great help for identification.

Great ones and thank you for the info Al.

Great shots. Any idea why the Chipping Sparrow sometimes has the two-colored bill, like in the photos that I shared recently? Here is the link, https://photography-on-the.net …/showthread.php​?t=1376123 I researched it and found others with the same coloration. One has the black beak, while the other did not. I also noticed that the Chipping Sparrow
has lighter colored legs and feet.

Beautiful images Al! Thanks for the info too, nice to see the similarities..

Dynamite shots Al.

Beautiful shots and thank you for the explanation. I have seen the chipping sparrow and was unsure exactly what he was.

Beautiful images of a couple of birds that are tough to get right. You got them both perfectly and I love the compare and contrast.
Unfortunately, I don't think it'll help me as the American Tree Sparrow doesn't appear to like the South . One caveat per Sandy's post of a few days ago and my experience with Chipping Sparrows...their beaks are not always black. Sibley hints indirectly that it may be breeding stage related, but I wouldn't bet the bank on that.

Very nice shots, and thanks for the insight.

ed57gmc wrote in post #16890908
Nice work and info.

2n10 wrote in post #16890970
Very nice Al. Great help for identification.

Peter2516 wrote in post #16891082
Great ones and thank you for the info Al.

SJC from VT wrote in post #16891264
Great shots. Any idea why the Chipping Sparrow sometimes has the two-colored bill, like in the photos that I shared recently? Here is the link, https://photography-on-the.net …/showthread.php​?t=1376123 I researched it and found others with the same coloration. One has the black beak, while the other did not. I also noticed that the Chipping Sparrow
has lighter colored legs and feet.

CMOats wrote in post #16891427
Beautiful images Al! Thanks for the info too, nice to see the similarities..

TedEllis wrote in post #16891433
Dynamite shots Al.

butterfly2937 wrote in post #16891494
Beautiful shots and thank you for the explanation. I have seen the chipping sparrow and was unsure exactly what he was.

CamFan01 wrote in post #16891495
Beautiful images of a couple of birds that are tough to get right. You got them both perfectly and I love the compare and contrast.
Unfortunately, I don't think it'll help me as the American Tree Sparrow doesn't appear to like the South . One caveat per Sandy's post of a few days ago and my experience with Chipping Sparrows...their beaks are not always black. Sibley hints indirectly that it may be breeding stage related, but I wouldn't bet the bank on that.

woody64 wrote in post #16891728
Very nice shots, and thanks for the insight.

Thank you for your nice comments everyone; I appreciate it. I don't know why chippers sometimes have other than a black bill, but then all of us humans aren't colored the same either.
Al

Great captures, nice work.

Keesbeest wrote in post #16892738
Great captures, nice work.

Thank you very much for commenting.
Al

Very Nice Al, very nice

Beautiful shots Al, informative too.