Help Identify this little one.

Sacramento CA area.

Sparrow to Robin size. Golden belly with strong blue wings. Almost like a shrub jay with darker wings.

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16 Comments

rekabis@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 294d (3 replies)

No chance you could have possibly rotated and cropped the photo before posting, eh?

Like this:

Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 294d (2 replies)

Make life harder for those that follows so they can grow tougher.

rekabis@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 294d (1 reply)

Well, there was always a chance you had no clue that such a thing could be done with photos you took.

I mean, I do know some exceedingly Luddite people who can barely take a photo, and for whom any ability to edit is far beyond their abilities. Nice people, but born most of a century too late. They would have been much more successful in the 50s or even earlier.

But a lot of people know the features exist within the camera app, they just can’t be arsed to use them.

Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 294d

I was just in a hurry and lazy.

thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 294d (3 replies)
Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 294d (2 replies)

Helpful but I don't see a match. I'll try to go back tomorrow and get a better shot.

thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 294d (1 reply)

it might be a little hard to id them right now because they wouldnt have their full spring/summer colors

where I live the golded sparrow takes on a dramatic change in colors for the seasonal change

Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 294d

I feel that it is something between full plumage.

BillDaCatt@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 294d

Between the picture, your description and the area you saw it, I'm thinking it might be a Lazuli Bunting.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Lazuli_Bunting/id

Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 294d (2 replies)

With that eye stripe and crest, I'm thinking Cedar Waxwing?

Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 294d

Not a cedar waxwing. The secondaries are a deep blue.

apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 294d

I concur.

HailSeitan@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 294d (1 reply)

Western bluebird maybe?

Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 294d

Possible, the masked eyes don't match

kindenough@kbin.earth · 2 pts · 294d (1 reply)

Red Breasted Nuthatch(es)?

I use this app to identify bird songs. Might be useful next time you are there. https://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/

Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 294d

I have it but no luck. Didn't have sound due to the area. I'll try again tomorrow.