Ack! My LJ comment notifications went astray for a while, and I just spotted your comment.

I've concluded sparrow ID is something I need to tackle as a self-education project one of these days. I think I landed on Song Sparrow because I saw the stripey breast and the other choices didn't look likely, but I didn't know to look for the breast spot. Oddly enough I haven't seen sparrows in the last week or so--maybe I just haven't been looking out the window at the right times, though.