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Small gray-brown bird with some yellow, eating thistle seeds
Oregon High Desert at edge of Fremont Nat'l Forest
Maybe start looking here: http://www.dfw.state.or.us/species/birds...
I'm leaning towards a sparrow, but I'm new at the ID game. Good luck and welcome to Project Noah! You've added quite a few spottings recently.