Western Tanager, female.
Young Robin starting to gain its red-breast feathers.
Crazy-bird-lady posing with a pair-of-dice.
No clue as to identity, though I figure its a warbler as it was quite small.
My first photo of a humming bird, this is the best shot cropped so you can see it, the rest were a blur.
Anyone care to attempt an identity for me on theses last 2 birds?
Gray Catbird, a young one who has not attained the darker cap yet. I was thrilled to hear the mew of the cat-bird throughout our journey.
2 comments:
Teresa, After looking at a map to see where Creston is, I found there are two possible hummingbirds there, Rufous and Black-chiined. The photo is almost undoubtedly an imm. Rufous Hummer. The warbler is probably an imm. Yellow Warbler. The bird you photographed on the ground in your last post looked like an imm. Dark-eyed Junco.
Thank you for your help John. I realize late sumer/fall presents more difficult identification due immature birds absent of mature plumage. It is fascinating to be learning by watching and photographing them though the attempt at identity can leave my brain in a buzz esp when bird books tend to show mature breeding plumage rather than non-breeding or immature plumage.
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