Identify This Bird Please - Vol.8

Nice one for you! Now is of course the time to get out looking for all those other Canadian breeders which stop by with you for a few brief days on their journey up north

Resin

Yah, check for group events in the area. There is one somewhat local (1hr away) here, but i am unable to make it this year. Maybe for the fall migration.

Wow, Nanny - great sighting and thank goodness you had the camera!!

Lousy light conditions (heavy overcast). This was taken on the coast.

Black Phoebe

Resin

Is this a male, yellow-rumped warbler? I'm sorry the pic is so awful. They were flitting about and it was hard to catch a good shot. My currant stem is in front of his head, but in the centre top of his head he has a bright yellow splodge, about the size of my pinkie fingernail, or a little smaller. In this pic, you can see the other distinguishing thing - the yellow along the lower edge under the wing. Sort of an "armpit" area, so I guess a "wingpit" on a bird! There was another one, no yellow spot on head, but some yellow on the side also. I can't find any other bird in my books with a yellow spot on the head like that, so I'm assuming that's what it was, but hope someone else will know, despite the terrible picture. They sure move fast!
Claire

Yep, that's Yellow-rumped Warbler - you're right that nothing else has the combination of yellow crown spot and yellow flanks.

Resin

Thanks Resin, I thought it might be a Black Phoebe but it seemed to be bigger than the ones I've seen before.

Here I am again...pic 1

same bird pic 2

Female Brown-headed Cowbird.

Resin

Thanks Resin! Flanks. Much better terminology than "wingpit." I think that they were just passing through, then. Doesn't look like they stay in Iowa for the summer. That's my second migrator in as many weeks - it was that hermit thrush the last time. How fun!

Well, shot I guess because it was way up It just didn't look like one.... :(

This bird has been twice at the feeder -- apologize for the bad, blurry shots but it was the best I could get before it flew away. What is it? Woodpecker?

looks like a rose-breasted grosbeak to me…

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Rose-breasted_Grosbeak.html

Yes it is! Their beautiful!

I'd like to see one this year. I heard a friend of my Mom's gets them… so a field trip might be in order.

Thanks much for identifying the bird. Will try to get better pictures.

I'm not sure about this one. Not a very good pic. Is it one of my Catbirds?

This message was edited Apr 25, 2008 9:49 PM

Looks like a Great Crested Flycatcher

Probably the female....with the poor light I just could not recognize it, thanks OldNed.

First sighting of this bird for me. I'm thinking Wilson's Warbler. Yes? I was quite a distance and using my telephoto lens but to my eye it was bright yellow on the front. Hope I see it again.

Yep..Good call angele, it's a Wilson's Warbler.

That's a beauty!

angele - he looks tiny. Great picture.

Yippee! Such a cutie. Thanks everybody :-))

Yep, Great Crested Flycatcher (note, no sex differences, so can't say if male or female), and Wilson's Warbler.

Next pic for ident, would whoever has it like to start Volume 9, please? This page has got rather long!

Resin

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