FALL 2011 Bird ID

[Mike T]

finally a day off with no rain, not much out but did grab these shots.

[paulnj]

female rosebreasted grosbeak, young common yellowthroat and female black throated blue warbler

[Mike T]

female rosebreasted grosbeak, young common yellowthroat and female black throated blue warbler

was thinking/hoping the third bird was a Philadelphia Vireo. I didn't get very good pictures of it but my thought while taking its picture was it was some type of Vireo. Here's another a little more from the side.

[paulnj]

sorry, slipped disk and not thinking clearly. phili or warbling vireo... hard ID honestly. maybe submit to audubon for positive ID.

[Mike T]

sorry, slipped disk and not thinking clearly. phili or warbling vireo... hard ID honestly. maybe submit to audubon for positive ID.

wish I had a better photo, sorry to hear about your back. I had a disc go ten years ago my back hasn't been the same since. I would have staid out longer yesterday but my back was hurting, some days are better than others.

[Mike T]

wasn't raining this morning and the mosquitos weren't too bad and there were even a few birds around.

Mike

[paulnj]

nashviile, palm, scarlet tanager(young) and ruby crowned kinglet... nice job Mike!

[AgingEyes]

It's the same bird, same day, same period, different angles, different light.







Thanks !

[paulnj]

odds would say it's a brown headed cowbird and the shiny cowbird is far too rare for me to differenciate from one.

[AgingEyes]

odds would say it's a brown headed cowbird and the shiny cowbird is far too rare for me to differenciate from one.

Any chance that it's a female brewer's blackbird?

If it's a cowbird, is it a juvenile?

By the way, it made a one note call when I was there. The photos were short within an hour or so before sunset.

[paulnj]

beak is the wrong color for brewer's and it an adult female cowbird.

was the call similiar in tone to the one on this page?
Brown-headed Cowbird - Whatbird.com

[AgingEyes]

was the call similiar in tone to the one on this page?
Brown-headed Cowbird - Whatbird.com

I have to say no.

I have attached more images for your reference:











They are straight from the camera 100% crop from raw files BTW and re-sized to meet the posting requirement here.

As I have half of the people telling me it's a cowbird and the other half say it's a female brewer's blackbird, so I went listen to this recording:

Brewer's Blackbird - Whatbird.com

I have to say what I heard sounds like a part of what's in that recording (I only heard something like a "doo" and nothing more from that bird). Also the female brewer's blackbird photo on that page looks like mine. So I think at this point I'm leaning towards it's a brewer's.

[paulnj]

Learn something new everyday... thanks for enlightening me , as it is indeed a brewers black bird! Kudos for the leg work and correcting me. BTW, very seen one that I can remember.

[AgingEyes]

Learn something new everyday... thanks for enlightening me , as it is indeed a brewers black bird! Kudos for the leg work and correcting me. BTW, very seen one that I can remember.

I thank you for the link, Paul !

[buglinbilly]

Those are very good photos.

What is the name of this bird?



Have a good one. BB

[Mike T]

couple from today

[Mike T]

todays birds

[paulnj]

buglinbilly... looks to be a vesper sparrow, but not positive.

nice american pipit and savannah sparrow

blackburnian warbler and pied billed grebe

[Mike T]

blackburnian ? I was thinking blackpoll.

[CaraRose]

This is from spring migration-- Female Blackburnian?

[Mike T]

couple from today

[CaraRose]

Top one's a Yellow-billed Cuckoo.

[paulnj]

Top one's a Yellow-billed Cuckoo.

and bottom is blue headed vireo.

[paulnj]

blackburnian ? I was thinking blackpoll.

damn hard ID... blackpoll, blackburian and even tennessee look similiar... tough call.

[OldClicker]

NOT MY IMAGE.

Northeastern Illinois. ID on this little one? Junco like, but they usually have a more deffinate division between the white and gray on the chest. I see them scratching around on the ground like a Junco.



Terry