Need an ID please

Whatever this bird might be, it was close enough for me to get a good shot with my 70-200

I'm going to guess it's a young White-crowned Sparrow. I could be wrong.

Very nice shot, nice detail and colours...this is a female House Sparrow btw.

Thanks! Here's another from the same day, they seem to be a friendly bunch.

Juvenile female House Sparrow. Lovely shots.

Nice shots. Friendly, maybe, but destructive birds too. I just had a nest of 5 young barn swallows wiped out by the "protective" male House Sparrow of a nearby House Sparrow nest. Sad that man has no clue sometimes when he transplants species from continent to continent.

Very nice shots, and even though they are destructive to our native birds, they are still birds, and it's our fault they are here, not theirs.

Yep I'd definately agree, female House Sparrow

canonloader wrote in post #6081272
Very nice shots, and even though they are destructive to our native birds, they are still birds, and it's our fault they are here, not theirs.

Wow Mitch, that's the most forgiving remark I have read from over the pond regarding the "destructive" house sparrow. In the UK it's just a small insignificant brown bird that every one takes for granted, and it wouldn't harm a fly. Sometimes they will move into a house martin's nest before the martins return from Africa in April, and rather than try to evict the sparrows, the martins promptly board up the entrance with mud which quickly hardens sealing up the sparrows inside. I have found mummified hen sparrows still sitting on eggs!

Sparrows! destructive? I have to agree with Scrumpy. Our House Sparrows are very innoffensive little birds. In fact the are becoming quite scarce now in the UK mainly because modern house building doesn't leave much room for Sparrows and the now ubiquitous Collard Doves eat all the food the sparrows used to eat.

All I know is that I saw a male House Sparrow knocking the last of five barn swallows out of their nest and onto the pavement. There are several online articles referring to their destruction of Eastern Bluebird nests also.

Carl, I agree with that too, but it's not the birds fault. Humans brought them here, they don't migrate that far so we can't really blame them. On the other hand, if you don't want them around, don't put out the food they like, which usually contains milo, millet and cracked corn, ie, the cheap birdfood you get from Walmart. If you only feed black sunflower seed and thistle for the finches, they won't start coming around in the first place.

We have a NWR near here where they put up tons of Bluebird houses. I have been down there many, many times, you have seen my pics from there of the little birds that land in your hand. I have never once seen a house sparrow on the island, never. So they really seem to depend on man for everything. If you don't feed them, they decline.

Apologies to Gary88 - didn't mean to hijack your post

Nice shots,i wish the sparrows in my garden were as tame.I have to bury myself in a hide to get within 5 feet of them.

scrumpy wrote in post #6086171
Apologies to Gary88 - didn't mean to hijack your post

no harm no foul