CLOSED: Identify This Bird Please Vol. 2

debnes - now that you mention it, I'm not sure I've ever noticed a young cowbird at our feeders. But perhaps we just didn't know they weren't adults passing by. Do the young look different? (I'll have to go check Peterson's and find out!) Maybe they're really not doing quite as "well" as I had feared - especially regarding our dwindling Wood Thrush population.

But the decrease in thrushes is probably more the result of the rampant development we've had over the past decade or so.. not really the CB's fault. That Audobon society page I posted above was interesting; I had just googled "cowbird" and I hadn't really read that article before. Good to read that the host populations are usually not seriously affected. At least not until the deeper woods disapper and the thrushes are forced to the edges. I so dearly love our Wood Thrushes and their song but do have to admit to liking that watery cowbird sound as well. Nature is glorious - (except for when humans and money are involved):)

Very well put Jo! :-) Thx!

Sorry to hear about the Wood Thrushes there in your area of GA. Yes development does play a huge part in the decline. Particularly in the more sensitive/smaller species of winged wildlife. The maker did think of this, and gave them wings to move elsewhere. Surely you will be an asset to what is left there, and I hope they come back after the dust settles.

:-D.
Now back to our regularly scheduled "identify this bird please" thread, lol.

If those are grackles, they are migratory. We watch huge flocks of them head your way from PA every fall.

After viewing another thread I am getting more confused about the lttle yellowish birds. If this is a pine warbler;

Then what is this?

and this?

This?

And then this?

Frank http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=4417724

Is a Ruby-crowned Kinglet! Yaay! I love those tiny little guys!! Keep watching for the flash of Red on the crown!

Others I'll have to look up to be sure. :-)

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Yep Frank, I'm thinking Pine Warbler too on all the others.. Bright yellow ones are males..

Ditto to Debnes on the Pine Warblers - the first is an adult male, the last probably an adult female, and the others first-winter birds, which are drabber without much yellow tone.

Resin

I do love all the Warblers!! Kinglets are known to travel along with them in winter. I have always seen Kinglet hanging around with Orange-crowned and butter-butts, just to name a couple...

Frank, in regard tto your 4th pic, have a look at this site:
http://www.oiseaux.net/birds/ruby-crowned.kinglet.html

The look on your little guy's face is a dead give-away..

debnes

Have to admit I'm not convinced on the #4 pic as a Kinglet, the white wingbars are too broad, and the wing feathers do not have the green-gold fringe that Kinglets do. Also the bill is too stout for a Kinglet. I'm fairly certain it's another warbler, probably another Pine Warbler despite the bland face compared with the other pics (##2,3,5).

Resin

Thanks Resin... Yep the beak is bigger, (dad-gummit). The eye is beadier too, now that I take a really good look.

Sorry Frank :-.

But hey! Keep your eyes peeled for the Kinglet anyway, they do hang around with warblers.

Guess I'm hoping too hard for other people in here to have Kinglets. They do winter in MS. According to the map, more birders should be seeing them.

Main things about kinglets is (1) they're unobtrusive, and (2) they rarely visit feeders. Look for them searching for small insects (aphids, etc) high up in conifers, and listen for soft, high-pitched calls.

Resin

Good info Resin!

Y'all be sure to look in the DG articles tomorrow, ( I think it's going to be the third one down on the list). ~With 3 a day now, I got an earlier spot that I originally thought.

It's on RCKL.

:-)

Remember to put the link in here!

Resin

Sure will Resin! :-)

Boy, I went back and forth on those pictures, and I think I finally see the difference. A good lesson, here.

It certainly is ceejaytown!

Resin~
Here is the url for the article today on RCKL :-)
http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/609/

LOL, I'm hoping to do the same today after my eyes clear. :-)

Very nice article debnes!

Excellent article. I enjoyed it very much.

Great article!

Thanks! Good read!

Resin

Thanks all! Means a lot!

I hope more people will be spotting them. Definitely worth tracking.

debnes

I'm not sure if the Redpoll in the back, on the branch would be an arctic one. He was bigger then the other ones and paler also. He has a few marking on the side, but not as pronounce. What do you think?

Looks a very good candidate! Check to see if the undertail coverts are white (looks it in this pic) with no or only a very narrow dark streak, and if it has a large white rump.

Resin

Have any other forum members written any articles about specific birds?

I know theres been at least 3 written about Hummingbirds.

Yay! Another redpoll. Where are the rest? Why only one at a time?

Very interesting Resin. I'll keep watch.

Ok, I admit it! I'm lost when it comes to sparrows, because there are so many different kinds! I can now identify house sparrows and white-throated sparrows, but that's about it. :(

So, who would this guy be? A song sparrow maybe? Here's a shot from the front.

Thanks much for your help!

and here's a side shot

Song sparrow would be my guess as well. Have you noticed it pumping its tail when it flies?

GeorgiaJo, I didn't even think to pay attention to how it flies. :( Next time I see it, I'll be sure to watch.

Indiana Lily..That looks like a little bird that I thought was a Song Sparrow. The reason I noticed it was because it was flicking it's tail. At first I thought it was a White Throated Sparrow but it just looked and acted so differently. I hope I can get a positive ID...it was a sweet little bird.

ID please? Cannot tell if this is sparrow or cowbird but they are taking over everything here.

Looks like House Finch to me. But don't hold me to that!! :-)

Yes, finch to the right, but different on the left ?

They all look like HF to me :-) Look at the wing bars, all the same...