Identify sparrows by using THIS trick.

Identifying sparrows is a challenge for beginning birders. But there is one trick that makes it easier. To look at sparrows, know where to look.

[@user-oc7lz4qb1j]

another great ornithology lesson. Thanks, Bob

[@CC-re1pu]

Thank you for this clear and easy to understand video for what I consider a nemesis species!

[@2009raindrop]

Thank you for this no-nonsense approach!

[@Jps3bs]

Love how you made those sparrows sort themselves out. Their name tells you where they are. . Duh😂😂 The Song Sparrow has one of my favorite bird songs. Love that little twerp 😅 I just think your videos are FABULOUS 😊

[@davearchbell9921]

As always, you do a great job of simplifying birding. Thanks

[@chiprucker5735]

Such a great voice and very instructive. I still can't believe your channel hasn't seen a big rise in audience.

[@Bob_Duchesne]

The channel has seen a growth spurt over the last month. Plus, I've got some fun stuff in the pipeline. We'll see.

[@chipcurry]

Very entertaining presentation. I learned a lot and will watch out for them.

[@KeithCooper-Albuquerque]

Bob, thanks for a great video. As a beginning birder, I find your approach and knowledge most helpful! I have subscribed!

[@Bob_Duchesne]

Thanks. My chief goal is to help people realize birding is not as hard as it looks. It's stuff I wish I had known long ago. Plus it's fun.

[@leobachand8408]

Excellent pointers!! Great Video!!

[@the_linguist_ll]

Had a hermit thrush or two set up by my house for a few days, and wherever it is, the accoustics are perfect to create that hauntingly beautiful chime sound that everyone loves. Wish I knew how to do it even a bit of justice in recording, if it’s even possible.

[@GaiaCarney]

Hermit thrushes are the shyest, comeliest, most delightful visitors 🥰 I had a mated pair visit my yard a few years running and my heart nearly leapt out of my chest when I heard them singing 💗 The do the most charming wiggly stamping dance when they’re hunting for worms!

[@Bob_Duchesne]

I love ,em, too. They may be shy, but they're also more curious. As long as I don't do anything aggressive, they'll watch me as much as I watch them.

[@fuducker2]

Or look literally anywhere in any town or city in north america to find house sparrows!

[@Bob_Duchesne]

Funny. I almost included them in their niche habitat - the garden center at Home Depot.

[@fuducker2]

@@Bob_Duchesne one of my favorite birding spots indeed!

[@MKrištínWildness]

Very good job friend.

[@markshen3280]

Sparrows vary from countries to countries and also varies in terms of habitats and geographical distributions. In Hong Kong 🇭🇰 SAR and Singapore 🇸🇬, the only species of sparrows is the European Sparrows.

[@jayp4083]

Love it THANK YOU!

[@arjensingh2246]

Thank you such a helpful video!

[@windsweptguy]

Bob, you’re awesome

[@cliftonwhittaker260]

Good tips, Bob. Thank you. :)

[@Bob_Duchesne]

Any time!

[@libertymedicalcommunicatio4908]

Thanks so much for this! I'm trash at identifying sparrows.

[@Bob_Duchesne]

What's REALLY hard is when the youngsters fledge. All fledglings are streaky, even the ones that will be unstreaked as adults. They can drive a birder nuts.

[@danielislam9144]

​@@Bob_Duchesne I live in Long Island NY where birds like warblers are relatively tough to find. Especially harder ones like bay breasted and cape May's. And they can only be found for a short amount of time. Can you do a video on how to find birds in a relatively short amount of time.

[@Bob_Duchesne]

Good idea. Finding birds in a short amount of time is easy...and hard. It's easier if you know where to look. In essence, it's how people do Big Day birdathons. Gotta find them fast! Of course, for migrants, you can only get them at the moment they are passing through. Timing is everything.

[@kermitthrush1557]

Wow, Bob. Just came across your great channel! Down here in Lincolnville. Looking forward to watching a bunch of these videos. Informative and fun.

[@Bob_Duchesne]

Thanks. Actually, I'm just sitting here right now, asking myself what ELSE can I showcase in Maine this summer?

[@kermitthrush1557]

@@Bob_Duchesne Maybe you've already done it, but how about differences in crows and ravens? All my life around them constantly, and I still make mistakes. And I was thinking before that you remind me of someone, and I just thought of it.... its only a little bit, but Jonathan Winters :)

[@Bob_Duchesne]

Crows vs Ravens would be fun to do. They are so many differences, but they're all subtle. Filming them is a challenge, though - at least the ravens. They aren't as cooperative as crows, the jerks...

[@dvan7117]

Great video on how to find and identify sparrows. It makes sense. I guess that is why I never considered it

[@Bob_Duchesne]

It took me way longer to realize it than it should have. I'm a little slow sometimes.

[@the0kan727]

love your thumb nails :)

[@Bob_Duchesne]

Me, too. I got tired of "boring." From now on, they have to make me giggle.

[@matt.m504]

Hey Bob! I’m in Maine for the summer, and the birding has been pretty great so far. Just from my window somewhere in western Maine I get to hear Eastern Whip-poor-wills as I’m falling asleep, and wake up to the singing of Veery’s and Nashville Warblers. What I need to know though, is how you bird without the bugs driving you insane! I was birding along Telos road last week and didn’t get a second’s break from the mosquitoes, black flies, and moose flies (and didn’t even get any of my target boreal species to show for it). How do you do it? Because I can’t stand standing still to listen for a Boreal Chickadee for more than 5 seconds before the swarming is too much for me, even with DEET and wearing light-colored full coverage clothing.

[@Bob_Duchesne]

Hiya. I'm a little surprised about the bugs. They were pretty mild when I was up that way two weeks ago. And I thought the hot weather would kill off the remaining black flies. The deer flies, on the other hand, like the hot weather and came out early this year. Where are you in western Maine? There are boreal species everywhere north of Bethel.

[@matt.m504]

@@Bob_Duchesne New Portland. I plan on heading out to Rangeley as well as Bigelow sometime soon to continue my search without having to brave driving on the logging roads. I was accompanied last week by a Mainer who agreed the bugs were bad, so at least I know it wasn’t just me as a tourist being a wimp.

[@Bob_Duchesne]

@@matt.m504 From New Portland, put Long Falls Dam Road in Lexington on your radar, including the road toward Pierce Pond. I've hit all of my boreal favorites in there over the years.

[@fowlwinds]

And when they rename the birds associated with a person it will be even easier to identify

[@Bob_Duchesne]

I know, right? How does anyone know what a Baird's sparrow is supposed to look like? Give me a golden-crowned sparrow any day.

[@StellarLimpkin]

Skipped the video but I bet it was great! 😉

[@StellarLimpkin]

Gonna have trouble with Nelson’s and Leconte’s this sparrow😓