White-Throated Sparrow

While out birding at the Jarvis Bird Sanctuary, @jbird56 and I heard the most amazing birdsong and couldn't identify it so we recorded it on our phones. When meeting a hard-core birder who knew much more than I did, we asked her to listen -- and she identified the song. Then last night when I uploaded my photos, it turns out that what I thought was a White-Crowned Sparrow is instead, THE singing White-Throated Sparrow. The yellow markings are the giveaway. Oh, so much to learn about birds.
Want to hear the song? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL_YJC1SjHE

[JackieR]

An LBJ (little brown jobbie)

What a great catch!!

[Casablanca]

What a beautiful high pitched song - thanks for including that! Live how sharp he is and staring straight at you. A beauty.

[PhotoCrazy]

Beautiful!!

[Kate]

Beautiful bird and song

[Taffy]

Terrific image and great explanation of the research to sort out what it was. It's interesting to me to learn how many different sparrows there are.

[Joan Robillard]

Fabulous

[haskar]

What a beautiful bird and song. Fabulous capture.

[Milanie]

Beautifully focused shot - and I think I can remember that call now.

[Carole Sandford]

Beautiful focus

[Allison Maltese]

Fantastic shot. We have a pair of these in our back yard last month.

[Esther Rosenberg]

Did you win the stare down? what a duper shot! so sharp and detailed.

[Myrna O'Hara]

Gosh, I've only seen these in books.

[LManning (Laura)]

Terrific pose and wonderful focus.

[Merrelyn]

Lovely focus and feather detail and what a pretty song it has :)

[Domenico Dodaro]

A sparrow with an attitude!

[Rick]

Awesome capture.