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([personal profile] sleigh Mar. 23rd, 2014 01:21 pm)
OK, amateur ornithologists... Any idea what bird this is?

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From: [personal profile] jennlk


I got as far as "sparrow" and then had to look it up -- we have so many kinds of sparrows in the yard, all mixed together, that I don't even try to keep them straight -- but it is a male house sparrow. If I really care which species I'm seeing, I'll look it up (we have a really good little bird book by Stan Tekiela called The Birds of Michigan that lives in the bookshelf next to the computer -- there seems to be one for Ohio, too).
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From: [personal profile] guppiecat


I did the same, except that I look things up with iBird.

iBird is both the most expensive and best app I have on my phone.

From: [identity profile] sleigh.livejournal.com


I have Merlin Bird ID (from Cornell University's ornithology department); it seems pretty decent, but I'll check out iBird...

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If you want to learn more about birds and birding, look up Laura Erickson (she has several bird blogs) in your favorite search engine and look up her books in your favorite bookstore.
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