What is this bird
Sep 3, 2012 06:57:15 #
Clicker2014 wrote:
Yep! And yes he does look a little under the weather..feathers not right on the neck and head...We have large numbers here (Southwestern Ontario) ...way too many! LOL... We have to discourage them from coming (with the dang European Starlings) to our feeders....A water gun helps a lot,is entertaining and keeps my husband active!
Dutchman wrote:
This is a Tri-Color Blackbird.
Yep! And yes he does look a little under the weather..feathers not right on the neck and head...We have large numbers here (Southwestern Ontario) ...way too many! LOL... We have to discourage them from coming (with the dang European Starlings) to our feeders....A water gun helps a lot,is entertaining and keeps my husband active!
Know what you mean
We get grackles with our blackbirds
Sep 3, 2012 09:25:39 #
Nikonnorm wrote:
Pics aren't very sharp
Had to crop them too tight
It is a newcomer to our birdfeeder.
Had to crop them too tight
It is a newcomer to our birdfeeder.
It is a redwing blackbird. Not a tri-colored, a tri-colored has white where the yellow is on a redwing.
Jim D
Sep 3, 2012 09:37:22 #
oldtool2 wrote:
It is a redwing blackbird. Not a tri-colored, a tri-colored has white where the yellow is on a redwing.
Jim D
Nikonnorm wrote:
Pics aren't very sharp
Had to crop them too tight
It is a newcomer to our birdfeeder.
Had to crop them too tight
It is a newcomer to our birdfeeder.
It is a redwing blackbird. Not a tri-colored, a tri-colored has white where the yellow is on a redwing.
Jim D
Thanks just looked odd with the white head
Sep 3, 2012 10:23:26 #
The white on his head looks to me like pin feathers. He went threw a molt and he is growing in new feathers. The pin feathers around the head and eyes are usually the last and the hardest for a solitary bird to get rid of. Mutual preening between birds helps to get rid of these. That or a couple of really good baths!
Sep 3, 2012 10:27:01 #
Nikonnorm wrote:
Pics aren't very sharp
Had to crop them too tight
It is a newcomer to our birdfeeder.
Had to crop them too tight
It is a newcomer to our birdfeeder.
Looks like a Red Winged Black bird that has had a rough time of it. His head doesn't look quite right tho ??
Sep 3, 2012 11:53:48 #
crazy4thread wrote:
Looks like a Red Winged Black bird that has had a rough time of it. His head doesn't look quite right tho ??
Nikonnorm wrote:
Pics aren't very sharp
Had to crop them too tight
It is a newcomer to our birdfeeder.
Had to crop them too tight
It is a newcomer to our birdfeeder.
Looks like a Red Winged Black bird that has had a rough time of it. His head doesn't look quite right tho ??
you got that right
Sep 3, 2012 11:54:54 #
Shane T wrote:
The white on his head looks to me like pin feathers. He went threw a molt and he is growing in new feathers. The pin feathers around the head and eyes are usually the last and the hardest for a solitary bird to get rid of. Mutual preening between birds helps to get rid of these. That or a couple of really good baths!
That could be right
Never thought about that
Sep 3, 2012 14:15:24 #
This is a Red-Winged Blackbird in the molting stage. Tri-Colored are usually only seen on the west coast.
Sep 3, 2012 17:30:14 #
A lot of birds look a little ratty when they're molting. The ones here are molting now. Not sure about when that happens in other areas.
Sep 3, 2012 18:39:05 #
If you want any more of those sent me your address and I'll pass it one to the one in my birdfeder. Nasty suckers they are. Think they own the thing..Don't know who.s worst them or the bluejays.
Sep 3, 2012 18:39:38 #
If you want any more of those sent me your address and I'll pass it on to the one in my birdfeder. Nasty suckers they are. Think they own the thing..Don't know who.s worst them or the bluejays.
Sep 5, 2012 14:18:33 #
Sep 8, 2012 07:11:08 #
tusketwedge wrote:
If you want any more of those sent me your address and I'll pass it on to the one in my birdfeder. Nasty suckers they are. Think they own the thing..Don't know who.s worst them or the bluejays.
Thanks anyway but got plenty of my own lol
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