Bird ID Please
May 24, 2022 09:47:14 #
I like the unassuming appearance of this little guy. Can anyone identify him by name? I am hopeless with bird ID.
Thanks. . .
Thanks. . .
May 24, 2022 09:53:30 #
Looks like a little PeeWee. Cute! Too often we overlook the nondescript little brown birds but I’m glad you didn’t here!
May 24, 2022 09:57:15 #
FotoHog wrote:
I like the unassuming appearance of this little guy. Can anyone identify him by name? I am hopeless with bird ID.
Thanks. . .
Thanks. . .
Looks like an Eastern Phoebe…..
May 24, 2022 10:01:10 #
May 24, 2022 12:32:10 #
FotoHog wrote:
I like the unassuming appearance of this little guy. Can anyone identify him by name? I am hopeless with bird ID.
Thanks. . .
Thanks. . .
Perfection ⭐💙🍀💙⭐
May 25, 2022 06:36:25 #
FotoHog wrote:
I like the unassuming appearance of this little guy. Can anyone identify him by name? I am hopeless with bird ID.
Thanks. . .
Thanks. . .
May 25, 2022 08:10:24 #
May 25, 2022 08:23:31 #
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May 25, 2022 15:26:25 #
Neither Eastern Wood Peewees or Eastern Phoebes have yellow on their chests or the chestnut color on their tail. It would be helpful to know where you took this photo. Best I can come up with is Brown-crested Flycatcher or perhaps Dusky-capped Flycatcher. Hope others have a more definitive response.
Thanks for posting the photo.
Thanks for posting the photo.
May 25, 2022 16:21:43 #
Thank you all for your interesting comments.
Some of you requested information about where the photo was taken. It is not a recent one, and I cannot recall where it was taken other than somewhere in southern Ontario, Canada. Not sure this is helpful.
Some of you requested information about where the photo was taken. It is not a recent one, and I cannot recall where it was taken other than somewhere in southern Ontario, Canada. Not sure this is helpful.
May 25, 2022 17:02:06 #
The range of the wood peewee and eastern phoebe are close to the same. It is definitely in the Tyranidae (flycatcher) family. Photos can be tricky about colors. Without more information a positive ID is unlikely.
May 25, 2022 21:35:51 #
Thank you for telling us where the photo was taken. I believe the bird is a Great Crested Flycatcher. My reasons for eliminating Wood Peewee and Phoebe remain. The Great Crested Flycatcher overlaps their ranges in southern Ontario.
May 25, 2022 22:41:11 #
Kcohen44 wrote:
Neither Eastern Wood Peewees or Eastern Phoebes have yellow on their chests or the chestnut color on their tail. It would be helpful to know where you took this photo. Best I can come up with is Brown-crested Flycatcher or perhaps Dusky-capped Flycatcher. Hope others have a more definitive response.
Thanks for posting the photo.
Thanks for posting the photo.
The colors in this photo are off. Even the clouds look yellow. However the juvenile Eastern Phoebe has a yellow belly. This definitely not a Brown-crested Flycatcher or Dusky-capped Flycatcher, (both would be extremely rare in Ontario), or any other Myiarchus Flycatcher, which don't have forked tails.
This is a Eastern Wood-Pewee. The Eastern Phoebe has a round dark head, black bill, and no wing bars. This bird has a bicolored bill, slight crest and wing bars. The smudges on the undertail coverts separates the Eastern Wood-Pewee form the Empids.
May 25, 2022 22:58:57 #
I agree, the color of the bill is wrong for a phoebe, but there is not enough showing to tell if there are wing bars. But the bill color does point toward a peewee.
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