Help with ID of Mystery Bird
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Permalink Reply by Daniel Huber on -
where was the photo taken? any details of the bird not seen, wing bars, chest spots?
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Permalink Reply by Daniel Huber on
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perhaps a prothonotory warbler? hard to gauge size and details, but maybe?
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Permalink Reply by Jill Connor, Ph.D. on -
I went to Whatbird.com, looked in "yellow" category, the only bird that even comes close is a Yellow Warbler but those appear to have some brown on the breast. Except for the prolonged beak, this looks like a canary to me! It's not uncommon for birds to escape (or, sadly, be thrown out of windows) during the spring/summer when windows are first opened. The very long beak is what I find odd, I doubt a canary could survive long enough in the "wild" for its beak to grow out that way, but then what do I know, I'm a newby on this site, just learning myself.
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Permalink Reply by Scott Hannan on -
definitely need to know when and where that was taken....hmmmm...that long, de-curved bill looks like could be one of the western thrashers...
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Permalink Reply by Matthew Milton Reid on
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It would be nice to see if this bird has wingbars. The beak is not warbler beak. this may be a juvenile oriole or an adult female Orchard Oriole. The bird does not look warbler to me at all, more like a oriole of some type (Hooded or Orchard). Where was this photo taken?
Matt Reid
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Permalink Reply by Bob D. Kaufman on -
My vote goes to a female Hooded Oriole. see my photo at: http://www.pbase.com/ornithographyplus/image/77963239
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