CLOSED: Help IDing Please

Lakeland, FL

Well this bird flew through my woods today and this is the best photo I could get.

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(Zone 1)

lagerfran: I don't know a lot about identifying birds but I'd say maybe a Warbler of some sort. I will look through my Fla. Bird book and see if I find anything similar but I bet someone will be here with a correct ID before I get back! ^_^

(Zone 1)

I think it might be a female Black-throated Blue Warbler! Scroll down this page to see the picture of the female: http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/305/_/Black-throated_Blue_Warbler.aspx

(Zone 1)

Hopefully one of the expert Birders will be along soon to confirm or give a correct identity.

If it does turn out to be the female Black-throated Blue Warbler I hope you will consider uploading your picture to Bird Files: http://davesgarden.com/guides/birdfiles/go/68/ So far there are only pictures of the male which looks much different with the dark color.

Calgary, AB(Zone 3b)

I dunno.... looks like a red-eyed vireo to me.

Downingtown, PA(Zone 6b)

+1 to red eyed vireo

(Zone 1)

LOL ... see, I told you I'm not good at identifying birds!

Red-eyed Vireo: http://davesgarden.com/guides/birdfiles/go/430/

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-eyed_Vireo/id

More images: http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=red+eyed+vireo&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=WFG1S82HGcH_lgej1uh7&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CA8QsAQwAA

My Fla bird book says they are common in central & north Florida and that their diet consists mainly of insects although they also will eat fruits of Dogwood and Virginia Creeper.

Sandusky, OH

Agree, Red-eyed Vireo

Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a)

Ditto to Red-eyed Vireo

Resin

Lakeland, FL

Thank you so much everyone, new bird for me, woo hoo.

See it does pay to just look at a tree sometimes even when you do not hear any birds there.

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