I hope that y'all don't mind too much that I will be asking for IDs. Since I am new and my Sibleys guide has not arrived yet, I am rather slow on identification. Anyway, It took almost an hour for me to catch a decent shot of this little thing. They are always on the move. Shot yesterday in the Houston, TX area.
Thanks,
Chris
No, I don't know what that is. In fact it looks like a bird that I have been trying to get IDd here on DG. For all I know it is a "Confusing Fall Warbler" as Peterson's calls it and there are 2 pages of them in the book. It won't stay still long enough for me to photograph it. Hope yours is the same one I am trying to ID.
Ann
Did you post your picture in Bird ID forum?
Ann,
Yes I did post it there but no reply as of yet. I posted it here also in case more people read visit this site.
Chris in Sugar Land
I do not know if you have the American Goldfinch but that is what mine looks like during the winter as they change colors here.
D
It looks like my winter American goldfinch. Maybe one of the warblers though or a winter siskin
It's probably a Pine Warbler or something. I'm sure one of the Warbler experts will be along to ID it on the ID forum.
An unusually bright specimen, but I think it has to be Orange-crowned Warbler.
Bright enough to suggest a Yellow Warbler, but there is a clear dark streak through the eye, which Yellow doesn't have, but Orange-crowned does. Also Orange-crowned winters in Texas, Yellow doesn't.
Resin
Thanks a bunch for the info! I do believe it is an Orange-crowned Warbler. I looked it up and the photos appear to be the bird I have in my back yard in the Houston, TX area.
Thanks again,
Chris
Which one migrates through the Little Rock, Arkansas area in fall?
As a child I thought they were canaries. In the fall, they would come to my yard in great numbers over a 3-5 day period. The males came first, then the females and then the juvies. They enjoyed the 100' of tall privet hedge and it's berries.
TIA,
Nan
Thanks, again, Resin. I am afraid I still have some reservations as to the identity of the bright yellow bird. None of the pictures I have looked at show the orange-crowned as canary yellow as this bird. Perhaps I can get a picture from different angles that will convince me that what you say is true. I'm not doubting your ability to ID these birds. It's just that I'm not happy w/the ID - maybe just my old age setting in. Perhaps I'll be able to hear its song, etc - just that certain something that I need. Thanks so much for putting up w/me.
Ann
Oh I just remembered I have a Cornell bird program on my computer. Ill see if it will ID this one. Where is it that the original id question came from what state I mean.
Robin
Texas - both near Houston
I used google images and saw some that were identical. I love google images for the many different views of things...
