Id help please.

[Anonymous]

I am fairly new to the small birds and I could use some assistance with these 2 birds. I looked them up in my book and one appears to be a black throated green warbler. I am probably wrong, so please set me straight. The other appears to be very close in appearance, different age maybe? Any help would be appreciated. thanks. I saw these 2 birds as well as the greater yellow legs in Thickson woods Sunday afternoon.

[Kin Lau]

#1 & 2 are Black-throated Green Warblers. #1 is male, #2 is female.

[Iain]

The third pic is a Yellowlegs.  Tough to distinguish between Greater and Lesser without knowing the size.  I'd go with Greater just because this bird looks a bit too stocky to be a Lesser.  Greater Yellowlegs average 14 inches in length while Lessers are around 10.  Hope that helps.

Iain

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the assistance, very much appreciated. I thought the yellow legs was a greater, according to the book, the beak on the greater is roughly 1.5x the length of the head where the lesser has a beak about the same length as the head.