Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Dusky Seaside Sparrow

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 28 Jun 2022 at 21:42:16 (UTC)

Reason: This is an excellent photograph of an elusive and very small bird, particularly in relation to the standards of its era (probably the 70s or early 80s, when one only had 35 frames before having to change film, and focus stacking was not a thing) and a good scan from what was likely either positive or negative film (I suspect positive). This is the best image of this bird I've seen and it is implausible that a better one exists and impossible for one to be created.
Articles in which this image appears: Dusky seaside sparrow and also List of extinct bird species since 1500 and various others related to extinction
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: P. W. Sykes for the United States Department of Fish and Wildlife (i.e., I believe, Paul W. Sykes, Jr.)

Support as nominator – blameless 21:42, 18 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Given the bird is extinct, Support Adam Cuerden ^(talk)_{Has about 7.9% of all FPs} 21:44, 18 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support - DreamSparrow ^Chat 07:44, 19 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very valuable. Charlesjsharp (talk) 11:02, 19 June 2022‎ (UTC)[reply]
Support. MER-C 08:14, 20 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Dusky Seaside Sparrow.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 11:58, 29 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]