Lincoln's Sparrow vs Song Sparrow Identification

[@abid1564]

Very helpful this time of year, thank you

[@HowiTheOneAndOnly]

I had no concerns about these birds, but I'm glad I now know this info. Even when I wasn't looking for it. It was very informative!

[@justinreed456]

Thanks for the ID help! We have Lincoln’s moving through in IL right now and I needed some help.

[@LycoBirds]

Definitely that time of year. I just started seeing them arrive in north-central PA as well.

[@DavidJBauman]

Very helpful

[@deirdrawallin4233]

Enjoying these comparison videos!

[@LycoBirds]

Thanks!

[@Garland67]

Very helpful video

[@LycoBirds]

Thanks!

[@nottawa86]

I have both in the winter as well as swamp sparrows, chipping sparrows and field sparrows. Having tell apart all 5 isn't too hard bc some look noticeably different. If you're wondering you can find so many sparrow species, I live in near Webster TX, southeast of Houston. For some reason we don't have White-Throated Sparrows unfortunately, not sure why. I have seen a White-Crowned Sparrow on migration though.

[@levinjl]

Very nice comparison.

[@mydailynature]

Thank you for this comparison video. I captured footage of my first Lincoln's sparrow in fall 2022! Interestingly, our song sparrow also has a buff-washed breast, too. Could our song sparrow be a hybrid?

[@LycoBirds]

Song Sparrows are extremely variable, and some are a bit more buffy in the chest, so if that's the only thing that looks weird, I'd probably just chalk it up to normal variation.

[@pinkcheckers]

I'm still confused on which sparrow we have 🤔 kinda looks like both birds.

[@davidronson8712]

you ruined the video with you talk, you could have written all that talk on the screen while the bird is signing. I have few clips for my bird to feel in the wild, luckily I heard, you, I deleted this video.

[@LycoBirds]

This video is a discussion of how to identify the two species, as the title says. We have a whole playlist devoted to clips of birds without any narration that you may find more to your liking: kzbin.info/aero/PLB8baxseGlb6AjRc9yVNk99ge9MI722wn

[@mpopelka92]

What a bizarre comment, I greatly appreciated your commentary!

[@AllThingsConsidered333]

I also appreciate the spoken explanation! Dang if someone doesn’t like the way a video is done, just quietly move on! Plenty of other videos that may be more suited to your style. Ugh 😑