Bird Identification: CLOSED: Sad Discovery, ID please., 1 by PeeperKeeper

PeeperKeeper wrote:
This morning when I went outside, I made the sad discovery of a dead bird in the flowerbed, right near one of my feeders. My first thought was "oh no! I hope something hasn't decided to stalk my feeders!" But then I quickly realized that if that were the case, the bird wouldn't by lying there on the ground.

First, I don't know what type of bird it is. I don't remember seeing it at the feeders in life. I've just been seeing titmice, chickadees, Goldfinches, and Rose Crowned Kinglets for the most part. It's a fairly drab little bird. Not much variety of color or wingbars. It does seem to have a mottled brown and grey back though.

Here are pics: