Who can I D this small yellow bird?
Apr 20, 2019 14:33:50 #
buglinbilly
Loc: Murray, Utah
I'm confused about this yellow bird. Who can tell me what it is. And thanks so much in advance.
Apr 20, 2019 14:42:52 #
Apr 20, 2019 14:47:23 #
Apr 20, 2019 14:56:23 #
buglinbilly
Loc: Murray, Utah
That's what I thought it was, as I was taking gold finch photos, but it looked so different than the ones I was taking, other than its color size and tail. And the photo here looks way different than it does on my computer.
I took the photo this morning in Utah.
Here's a male gold finch whose photo I took within a few minutes of the photo I ask about. The females aways seemed to have more color than than the one I ask about. But could it be a female that's just a bit different?
Thanks for your help and information.
BB
I took the photo this morning in Utah.
Here's a male gold finch whose photo I took within a few minutes of the photo I ask about. The females aways seemed to have more color than than the one I ask about. But could it be a female that's just a bit different?
Thanks for your help and information.
BB
Apr 20, 2019 15:16:49 #
TheShoe
Loc: Lacey, WA
Looks like a Gold Finch to me. https://www.autoescuelacarballo.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/daring-american-goldfinch-picture-audubon-field-guide.jpg
Apr 20, 2019 15:19:46 #
Apr 21, 2019 07:57:15 #
looking on Merlin Bird ID this could be an immature goldfinch. Somebody said but female has dull yellow color with some black on head. Hard to tell what it without seeing wings. Other choice is a golden warbler.
Apr 21, 2019 10:40:10 #
olemikey
Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida
buglinbilly wrote:
I'm confused about this yellow bird. Who can tell me what it is. And thanks so much in advance.
Without seeing the topside, or a better overall view, while it has the look of Lesser & American Goldfinch, it also looks a lot like the female Bunting, sitting in our feeder as I type, color if true, looks more like female Bunting. The beak looks more conical, leading my Wife and I more towards the Goldfinch or Bunting families, than towards Warblers and Verios who have sharper, thinner pointy beaks. Often tough to determine with just one view of the bird, and no Lime Green on the Goldfinch. There is a similar shot of a female Painted Bunting in our American Museum of Natural History "Birds of North America"
Apr 21, 2019 11:43:11 #
buglinbilly wrote:
I'm confused about this yellow bird. Who can tell me what it is. And thanks so much in advance.
Nice Goldfinch captureš
Apr 21, 2019 13:08:06 #
Apr 21, 2019 14:01:58 #
Saleavitt10 wrote:
American Goldfinch
I go for the female Painted Bunting due to the overall color and to the black legs and feet.
Apr 21, 2019 15:35:30 #
just to cover all the bases and maintain frank honesty..(donātknow for sure...but... ) .gotta consider an escaped canary!
There are some strains/ābreedsā that display a splay-tail as this bird does.
And if itās a female indigo bunting that someone mentioned, I.M.E. they are more uniformly tan-umber with precious few (if any) helpful plumage identifying features...sort of the classic LBJ (little brown jobbie).
Dave
There are some strains/ābreedsā that display a splay-tail as this bird does.
And if itās a female indigo bunting that someone mentioned, I.M.E. they are more uniformly tan-umber with precious few (if any) helpful plumage identifying features...sort of the classic LBJ (little brown jobbie).
Dave
Apr 21, 2019 16:46:15 #
Apr 21, 2019 17:39:31 #
olemikey
Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida
Uuglypher wrote:
just to cover all the bases and maintain frank honesty..(donātknow for sure...but... ) .gotta consider an escaped canary!
There are some strains/ābreedsā that display a splay-tail as this bird does.
And if itās a female indigo bunting that someone mentioned, I.M.E. they are more uniformly tan-umber with precious few (if any) helpful plumage identifying features...sort of the classic LBJ (little brown jobbie).
Dave
There are some strains/ābreedsā that display a splay-tail as this bird does.
And if itās a female indigo bunting that someone mentioned, I.M.E. they are more uniformly tan-umber with precious few (if any) helpful plumage identifying features...sort of the classic LBJ (little brown jobbie).
Dave
We were more inclined to Female Painted Bunting, younger model, though I called it a female Bunting in my earlier post, since we see a lot of them all fall and winter. A bunch of the males and their groups have already left, and our last family group (2 males and 5 females) are really fattening up now, expect them to leave any night now (They generally fly at night during migration). The Indigo Buntings have been flying through in singles at night, some have stayed a day or so at our well stocked feeders.
Have noticed that the Goldfinches and Buntings tolerate each other quite well, and will intermingle at the feeders and bath. Goldfinches and all of the tiny Sparrow varieties have already left, followed by some of the Warblers and Buntings, Catbirds are still here in good numbers.
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