WDCash
Loc: Milford, Delaware, USA
I spotted this attractive bird near the feeder the day before yesterday. Only for a couple seconds. Yesterday it returned with a friend. I could not id it with Ebird or in the guides I have laying around. Yesterday I did manage to grab a couple quick shots of it but they were to poor to bother with.
This am I went out to rearrange perches and feeders. As soon as I cam in a bunch of the locals flew in the check out the new ambience. With the normal crowd were 4 of my new mystery bird and they were more social-with me.
One has a hint of red on its throat. These are larger than a House Sparrow. Smaller than a Redwing Blackbird. They have a very sharp beak, thinner and longer than a Finch or Sparrow. They seem happy to feed on the ground.
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All I have done to these images it to set the white balance, set the white and black points and give them a run through denoise ai.
At first I thought it was a Song Sparrow, but after I looked a little more I think it is a Savannah Sparrow.
Female red winged black bird
Marg
Loc: Canadian transplanted to NW Alabama
Mrs. RW Blackbird. Hubby in photo #1 has taken her to brunch for Valentine’s Day. ❤️❤️
ejpeters wrote:
At first I thought it was a Song Sparrow, but after I looked a little more I think it is a Savannah Sparrow.
I believe Song Sparrow is correct. It lacks the yellow in front of the eye common in the Savannah Sparrow but there is a lot of variation in both birds.
WDCash
Loc: Milford, Delaware, USA
WDCash wrote:
I spotted this attractive bird near the feeder the day before yesterday. Only for a couple seconds. Yesterday it returned with a friend. I could not id it with Ebird or in the guides I have laying around. Yesterday I did manage to grab a couple quick shots of it but they were to poor to bother with.
This am I went out to rearrange perches and feeders. As soon as I cam in a bunch of the locals flew in the check out the new ambience. With the normal crowd were 4 of my new mystery bird and they were more social-with me.
One has a hint of red on its throat. These are larger than a House Sparrow. Smaller than a Redwing Blackbird. They have a very sharp beak, thinner and longer than a Finch or Sparrow. They seem happy to feed on the ground.
???
All I have done to these images it to set the white balance, set the white and black points and give them a run through denoise ai.
I spotted this attractive bird near the feeder the... (
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Now don't I feel foolish?
Opened my Audubon field guide and boom, there she was. It is a Red-winged Blackbird, female. Its funny we have dozens on Males showing up and hardly any Females. Nest building?
WDCash
Loc: Milford, Delaware, USA
Marg wrote:
Mrs. RW Blackbird. Hubby in photo #1 has taken her to brunch for Valentine’s Day. ❤️❤️
Yup, thanks your a winner!
WDCash
Loc: Milford, Delaware, USA
Arizona Art wrote:
Female red winged black bird
That is correct! Winner! Thanks
It looks like the male is directly behind her. Note the coloration on the wing.
Suggest giving a look at the size of birds, often very useful in quick ID. The RWBB (22cm) is half again as big as the SSp (14cm). The dove in front in #2 gives a very good perspective for this large (almost as big as the dove) bird. It's head even looks bigger than the dove's.
suggest you use a bird id program called merlin from the cornell school of ornithology. Just download the picture to it and bingo you have an id.
I have always been perplexed at how the female red winged blackbird can look so different from the male.
Male and female in first photo. Very nice!
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