Is this an Oregon Junco

[Jun Gregorio]

Can one of the North Americans verify this bird for me please. The closest I can come up with are the Oregon Junco or Dark-eyed Junco. There are not enough pictures on either Smithsonian or Kaufman field guide for me to be sure.

I got this bird at the summit of Whistler, BC last summer so it's an alpine bird. the same size as a chickadee.

[Ed Matuod]

Am not sure but looks like dark-eyed one. Here's a reference for the dark-eyed junco (this one a frontal shot):

[Teddy Regpala]

Jun, you beat me!
I'm suppose to post a similar image for ID'ing, and then I saw your junco.

Anyway I'll process an awful image of what I think is a junco too.
But what made me second-guess is that it's with house sparrows around the feeder at the same time.

Story and image will follow next.

Anyway, what you've captured looks like a dark-eyed junco as Ed stated.

[Bob Kaufman]

Jun, the species is known as Dark-eyed Junco. The species is further divided into about six subspecies (some are still being evaluated): Oregon, Pink-sided, Slate-colored, Gray-headed, White-winged and Red-backed.

What you have is the most common, which is the Oregon variety.

I believe Ed's is that of a Pink-sided (lighter head, less rufous sides).

The Gray-headed looks like this:

30D, 100-400 @ 400mm, ISO-400, 1/200, f5.6, handheld

[Jun Gregorio]

Mar 30, 2009 19:28:46 GMT Bob Kaufman said:

Jun, the species is known as Dark-eyed Junco. The species is further divided into about six subspecies (some are still being evaluated): Oregon, Pink-sided, Slate-colored, Gray-headed, White-winged and Red-backed.

What you have is the most common, which is the Oregon variety.

I believe Ed's is that of a Pink-sided (lighter head, less rufous sides).

I was just waiting for your reply since you have the most lifers.

So in a sense, we're all correct ;D

Thanks Ed, Teddy, and Bob