Sharp-tailed Sparrows, Silver Sands SP, 9/8/19

Sharp-tailed Sparrows, Silver Sands SP, 9/8/19.   Mainly checking Sharp-tailed Sparrows in marsh south of Sparrow Lanes.  ID of sharp-tailed sparrows provisional, but for this Saltmarsh Sparrow, esp the second photo, see a double in the sparrow book by Beadle and Rising (2002), plate 35.2. Crisp, dark, contrasting streaking on breast unlike Nelson's diffused breast streaking; bright yellow-orange malar contrasts with buff breast: both features often used to separate Saltmarsh from Nelson's.  Weather raw, Cloudy, 61F.

Nelson's Sparrow, Silver Sands SP, Milford 9/8/19

Nelson's Sparrow, Silver Sands SP, Milford  CT 9/8/19

Saltmarsh Sparrow, Silver Sands SP, Milford CT 9/8/19

Nelson's Sparrow, Silver Sands SP, Milford 9/8/19.  See Beadle and Rising, plate 35.2 (p. 161)