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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: rocklakemama on May 05, 2019, 11:02:13 AM

Title: Please identify these birds
Post by: rocklakemama on May 05, 2019, 11:02:13 AM
Hello.
Can yo please identify these two birds for us?
The bird hidden in the foliage was singing quite an intricate song.
Title: Re: Please identify these birds
Post by: lovemypt on May 05, 2019, 11:50:20 AM
yellow-throated vireo.... Brown Thrasher
Title: Re: Please identify these birds
Post by: rocklakemama on May 05, 2019, 12:09:04 PM
Our first yellow-throated vireo, and we had only seen one thrasher before and didn't know it sang like that. We thought it was a mockingbird until we took a closer look at the photos. Thank you for your help! Happy ethical birding :)
Title: Re: Please identify these birds
Post by: Shortsighted on May 05, 2019, 04:46:48 PM
The bill of your yellow-green bird does not strike me as a vireo,
nor does the detail around the eye. Looks more like a male Pine
warbler.
Title: Re: Please identify these birds
Post by: rocklakemama on May 05, 2019, 05:10:23 PM
It would be our first one of those, too! It's funny that it's the same lovely individual, regardless. We can't tell which one it is. Needless to say, we're not the best at identifying our feathered friends :)
Title: Re: Please identify these birds
Post by: lovemypt on May 05, 2019, 05:22:17 PM
Quote from: "rocklakemama"
It would be our first one of those, too! It's funny that it's the same lovely individual, regardless. We can't tell which one it is. Needless to say, we're not the best at identifying our feathered friends :)

sorry, now that I see it on my monitor bigger, it is a Pine Warbler
Title: Re: Please identify these birds
Post by: rocklakemama on May 05, 2019, 05:28:54 PM
That's no problem. It's also our first!
Title: Re: Please identify these birds
Post by: Shortsighted on May 05, 2019, 06:31:07 PM
Here's three shots of Pine warbler from Ashbridges.
Once you have photographed a species you will likely
be able to identify it from then on.

(https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-Kgvs3bN/0/75e05e8e/M/i-Kgvs3bN-M.jpg) (https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-358cgw/i-Kgvs3bN/A)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-ZWLkQtq/0/f5e88a8d/M/i-ZWLkQtq-M.jpg) (https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-358cgw/i-ZWLkQtq/A)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-Z2FgzTV/0/f8bd270d/M/i-Z2FgzTV-M.jpg) (https://www.smugmug.com/gallery/n-358cgw/i-Z2FgzTV/A)
Title: Re: Please identify these birds
Post by: rocklakemama on May 05, 2019, 07:46:02 PM
Thank you. I see that my bird looks most like the one in your third shot. Happy ethical birding :)