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Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: aviator on September 22, 2015, 01:05:48 PM

Title: Backyard birds
Post by: aviator on September 22, 2015, 01:05:48 PM
Quite a variety these days!
Ovenbird
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IIgAvm9_3Z8/Vfr6fCjqk5I/AAAAAAAAB5Q/ps9XqFX8PZY/s640-Ic42/P1050866.JPG)
Yellow warbler, I think
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qtO75M6LFJY/Vfr6LhMGK-I/AAAAAAAAB4o/a2aCexLZYGU/s576-Ic42/P1050529.JPG)
Swainsons Thrush
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-B9MN7JNpDYU/Vf4aBkLFOJI/AAAAAAAAB6g/H42zQ11O3w8/s640-Ic42/P1050951.JPG)
Brown Thrasher
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UvS9oSsSmD4/VgGG_QPH0dI/AAAAAAAAB6w/mllQXkt14Ic/s512-Ic42/P1060060.JPG)
Swainsons Thrush?
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Prr-oJZhiNE/VgGHEbDSu7I/AAAAAAAAB64/0utrSaWvOOY/s512-Ic42/P1060008.JPG)
Title: Re: Backyard birds
Post by: Pat Hodgson on September 22, 2015, 04:22:19 PM
this warbler is a tough one but I think you are right with yellow, after considering orange-crowned, based on bill shape as much as anything else

your first thrush looks like a gray-cheeked, though, note the total lack of buffy on the face as the second one has
Title: Re: Backyard birds
Post by: thouc on September 22, 2015, 04:49:38 PM
The warbler is a Common Yellowthroat, I think. Immature females can be very plain.

Agree with Gray-cheeked on the first thrush.

/Thomas
Title: Re: Backyard birds
Post by: lovemypt on September 22, 2015, 05:52:18 PM
Quote from: "thouc"
The warbler is a Common Yellowthroat, I think. Immature females can be very plain.

Agree with Gray-cheeked on the first thrush.

/Thomas



Agree with Common Yellowthroat.......
Title: Re: Backyard birds
Post by: aviator on September 22, 2015, 07:03:00 PM
What a day for thrushes! After I posted this one arrived. A Wood thrush I think. Thank you all for your replies.
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bl0olChLE-w/VgHdzFFYGEI/AAAAAAAAB7Y/PnNLS4M1PIY/s512-Ic42/P1060084.JPG)
Title: Re: Backyard birds
Post by: Pat Hodgson on September 23, 2015, 03:00:02 PM
you are right - common yellowthroat is a much better fit for the facial pattern on this bird
Title: Re: Backyard birds
Post by: aviator on September 23, 2015, 04:28:57 PM
I don't know if Yellow Warblers change their plumage over the summer but here is one in June 2015
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-M4NTm3rUrlw/VgINytDITkI/AAAAAAAAB9M/qBecDg1ZnKw/s512-Ic42/P1040213.JPG)
Title: Re: Backyard birds
Post by: Pat Hodgson on September 23, 2015, 05:02:39 PM
No they do not change over the summer, but what I was thinking was that this might be a first year female, in most warblers they are a lot duller than the typical plumage.