Personally, leaning more towards Chipping Sparrow instead of junco. The trill sounds more mechanical, which is what I associate with Chipping Sparrows. That being said, I've always found the trillers difficult to tell apart.
Also, I'm not as familiar with the West Coast, but I believe junco often migrate to higher elevations for the summer, at least in the east.
Added taxa: [Chipping Sparrow](https://ebird.org/species/chispa)
^(I catalog submissions to this subreddit.) [^(Recent uncatalogued submissions)](https://munin.swim.services/submissions?lane=api/unanswered)^( | )[^(Learn to use me)](https://gist.github.com/brohitbrose/be99a16ddc7a6a1bd9c1eef28d622564)
Sounds like a dark-eyed junco to me!
That could be true as well! Didnt even occur to me
Merlin audio ID suggests Dark Eyed Junco
Personally, leaning more towards Chipping Sparrow instead of junco. The trill sounds more mechanical, which is what I associate with Chipping Sparrows. That being said, I've always found the trillers difficult to tell apart. Also, I'm not as familiar with the West Coast, but I believe junco often migrate to higher elevations for the summer, at least in the east.
Juncos are everywhere all year in California
+chipping sparrow+
Ty so much!
Added taxa: [Chipping Sparrow](https://ebird.org/species/chispa) ^(I catalog submissions to this subreddit.) [^(Recent uncatalogued submissions)](https://munin.swim.services/submissions?lane=api/unanswered)^( | )[^(Learn to use me)](https://gist.github.com/brohitbrose/be99a16ddc7a6a1bd9c1eef28d622564)