Can anyone identify this bird?

[Diamond_Dog]

I was going through some archives this morning and found this photo. My husband took it a couple years ago. From the looks of the trees, it was probably late spring or summer.

I have pored through my bird guide book and can’t find anything with the same pattern on its feathers, and I’m wondering now if it’s a juvenile, although it’s pretty big for a juvenile. I originally thought finch/sparrow with the short, stubby beak. But, again, the pattern on the feathers was not like anything nI could find in the book.

Anyone have any ideas?

[RockRaven]

1. Female black headed grosbeak

I think...


Edit: it may be a juvenile male of the same. The darker/spotted wings make me suspect it is so. The streaks on the head are present on immature males, apparently, which I did not know previously.

[TigressDem]

3. OR Female Rose-Breasted Grosbeak?

[Ferrets are Cool]

8. When I was growing up in the deep south, when the only way you could learn anything was from the

World Britannica, we called these JeRee's. I have no idea why. I only learned they were Grosbeaks extremely later in my life.

[Kali]

2. white throated sparrow? maybe juvenile?

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/White-throated_Sparrow/overview

[Diamond_Dog]

4. I was almost sure it was a sparrow

But can’t find a sparrow like it in my bird guide. It has a real sparrow-like head, though.

[TigressDem]

5. Gros Beak markings look good.

https://cdn.download.ams.birds.cornell.edu/api/v1/asset/297327641/1800

[Diamond_Dog]

6. I think you are right!

Maybe a juvenile?

[George McGovern]

7. I know one thing Diamond_Dog -- your husband took a very good picture a couple years ago!

[Diamond_Dog]

9. Yes, he did, George!

He has a lot more patience (at least with the camera) than I.

[njhoneybadger]

10. Male Juvenile Black-headed Grosbeak

Rose-breasted has a pink bill and longer tail.
Female Black-headed has lighter wings and tail.

[Diamond_Dog]

11. Thank you njhoneybadger!

I agree that it must be a grosbeak. We just started seeing the adults come around after we put out the black oiled sunflower seeds.

[Timewas]

12. Black headed Grosbeak

Probably a female