There is a frustrating trend among birders using iNaturalist toward identifying birds to subspecies even when they have no field recognizable field marks. Many of us have had this discussion off-forum as it relates to Song Sparrows, Fox Sparrows and juncos, but it seems to be spilling over into oth…

Identifying birds to subspecies without field marks

Shauns May 6, 2019, 8:24pm 7

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