What bird left this feather?
May 22, 2016 21:02:37 #
I found this feather on my doorstep. There are several small birds making nests behind the shutters on the front of my townhouse ..I rent, and this is the first spring I have been here. They are small VERY fast birds and I have not been able to get a good look at them.
Is this a feather from a finch or maybe a warbler? The birds I have seen seem to be mostly brown in body color. Of course maybe the feather is from some other bird just passing through.
Any ideas?
Is this a feather from a finch or maybe a warbler? The birds I have seen seem to be mostly brown in body color. Of course maybe the feather is from some other bird just passing through.
Any ideas?
May 22, 2016 21:07:22 #
May 22, 2016 21:16:24 #
cosmo54 wrote:
I found this feather on my doorstep. There are several small birds making nests behind the shutters on the front of my townhouse ..I rent, and this is the first spring I have been here. They are small VERY fast birds and I have not been able to get a good look at them.
Is this a feather from a finch or maybe a warbler? The birds I have seen seem to be mostly brown in body color. Of course maybe the feather is from some other bird just passing through.
Any ideas?
Is this a feather from a finch or maybe a warbler? The birds I have seen seem to be mostly brown in body color. Of course maybe the feather is from some other bird just passing through.
Any ideas?
Sorry, cosmo54 I don't have the foggiest idea of what the name of this bird is. If you can, have him stop by my place for a photo shoot, I pay top scale.
May 22, 2016 21:31:09 #
Uh, you'd better pay top dollar cause that's a long flight from NJ 😁
May 23, 2016 07:35:16 #
If a smaller bird, 2 possibilities may be a Orchard Oriole or a Pine Warbler,
both somewhat rare birds
both somewhat rare birds
May 23, 2016 08:33:22 #
May 23, 2016 09:09:02 #
feather is about 2 1/2 inches long. (i'm at work and feather is at home :-) )
I was going to guess gold finch, but when I looked that up, it didn't really look like the example feathers.
I was going to guess gold finch, but when I looked that up, it didn't really look like the example feathers.
May 23, 2016 10:22:19 #
The feather is from a northern flicker, a woodpecker. Hint-it was formerly know as "yellow-shafted flicker". There is also a "red-shafted Flicker".
May 23, 2016 10:27:10 #
Robert R wrote:
The feather is from a northern flicker, a woodpecker. Hint-it was formerly know as "yellow-shafted flicker"
after searching around, that's what it looked like to me, but I wasn't sure. thanks
May 23, 2016 16:16:30 #
If you want to reply, then register here. Registration is free and your account is created instantly, so you can post right away.