What bird USA

[chubri777]

What is this? Taken June 2007 in California

[jacana]

yellow warbler?

[chubri777]

Not a yellow warbler.

30 views and only one guess?

[birderbf]

Arctic Warbler?

[chubri777]

lol...i wish!!

[emupilot]

Orange-crowned Warbler? It looks a little too bright yellow underneath, but it has an eye-line and OCWA is my default answer for a nondescript yellow-green warbler in California.

[chubri777]

nope. hint: it's not a warbler

[jcwings]

The bill looks too long, but might it be a female American Goldfinch??? Great photo quiz.

[chubri777]

JC is right.....the bill is too long for AMGO

[tim.birdboy]

I believe it's a tanager, Western?

[jcwings]

Hmm... the head pattern suggests Bullock's Oriole. Female or juvenile perhaps. White wing bars, white tertial edges and a gray mantle. Again, I'm not sure the bill length is correct but could be the angle. I think Western Tanager would show a thicker bill. Bullock's Oriole would be my next incorrect guess.

[ayasuda]

It looks like a pine warbler. People do see this bird in california.

[pe'rigin]

I'm going with the expert.

Ayasuda

Pine Warbler.

[birderbf]

nope. hint: it's not a warbler

Here lies the problem!!

[bebirder]

It's definitely an Oriole, I'm going to guess Hooded Oriole.

[ayasuda]

Thanks Pe'rigrin, but I'm still a student amongst masters.

Here's a picture of a female Hooded Oriole from Cornell University. I still think your bird is a Pine Warbler because of the wing pattern and eye strip.

http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/BNA/gallery/Hooded_Oriole_gallery.html#fig1

[Storm-Petrel]

i got it !!!! its defenitely a BULLOCK'S ORIOLE . ( i think) :) but the bill isnt curved enough to be hooded

[chubri777]

DING< DING<DING...we have a winner


JC got it. A juv Bullock's Oriole
Thanks everyone for playing and good job working it out.

[ayasuda]

Very Cool! I'm keep forgetting about the newbies that have just fledged.

[chubri777]

Ok. Here is another. This one will be easy. Same time and place.

[Birdingcraft]

Cassins Finch?

[chubri777]

good job!!

[chubri777]

Here's another. Guess the silhouette

[tim.birdboy]

California Towhee?

[chubri777]

nope. not a ca towhee

[Storm-Petrel]

spotted towhee

[chubri777]

yep....spotted towhee it is