jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

Yellow spot on forehead? Throws me for a loop.

jbirdmo Loc: Soon to be Chicago

Hey! That's a Yellow Rumped Warbler. The little tinge of yellow under the throat (and that you're on the west coast) makes this the Audubon's Race. What makes it harder to identify is that this bird is in fall plumage and not the spring plumage shown in most birding guides.

Nice light and color for the photo. You also captured all the necessary field marks to identify the bird. :thumbup:

---Jude

adunivan Loc: San Antonio, TX

I don't know much about birds, but I know what I like in a photo. This is a great shot. Good detail and color. This could be in a bird book for people (like me) to learn about the different species.

Dennis

It looks like a Gold Crowned Kinglet

SQUIRL033 Loc: Chehalis, WA

it's a bit big for a kinglet. hard to tell for sure if it's a "butter-butt" from this angle, but it does look like one.

Dennis

A couple of samples

kinglet


yellow rump


yellow rump

jbirdmo Loc: Soon to be Chicago

Dennis,
That's a great alternative considering the yellow on the head. looking a little closer and using just the examples that you posted, consider the following;

The photo of the Kinglet that you posted shows a shorter forehead and less round to the top of the head than the bird in jeep daddy's photo, or the photo of the yellow rump that you posted.

The bird in jeep daddy's photo is showing yellow clearly under the chin, and on the breast next to the wings, which is absent on the Kinglet.

The kinglet also has very distinct black lines bordering the yellow spot on the head where either of the other birds posted are lacking this feature.

There is no eyering on the kinglet, where both of the other birds show a distinct broken white eyering.

There is faint streaking on the breast of the bird in question, and no streaking on the breast of the kinglet.

Keep in mind the warbler in jeep daddy's photos is in fall plumage, which becomes very faint while the Yellow Rumped Warbler in your post is in spring plumage which is as bright as they get. You have also provided great examples of (Myrtle) race of Yellow Rumped Warbler which has the white throat and is common through out the united states while the (Audubon's) race of the Yellow Rumped Warbler is only found in the western part of the united states and has a yellow throat instead of white.

Nice photos by the way, did you take these?

---Jude

Dennis

You're right and add to the fact that the photos I posted are from the mid west (ohio) which could make a diference.

So with that said I don't know what the mystery bird is.

And yes I took those photos

mommy115 Loc: California

What a cute little fella, captured well. What do you think about sharpening the bird a bit in all of them?

belwj Loc: Berkshires, Ma

You could try posting it here http://www.projectnoah.org/ and see what they think.

Dennis

The sharpening on mine is just fine I'll leave them as is

jeep_daddy Loc: Prescott AZ

Thank you guys. I didn't do any post processing on this bird pic because I just wanted an ID. If I couldn't figure out what it was, I'd probably just delete it. But I'm pretty sure after jbridmo's comparisons of the other birds shown that he is correct. So I'll keep the pic, catagorize it, and if I print it I will post process it like the rest - including sharpening.
Thanks again.