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    Scarlet Tanager winter male? - Fernandina Beach / Amelia Island, Florida; 10/10/22

    I've had my Peterson guide for a while I guess (copyright 2002), but I must have gotten it to supplement my Audubon Society field guide published in 1987! The Peterson was much easier to use for a quick look-up. I guess it's time to refresh my library. :)
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    Scarlet Tanager winter male? - Fernandina Beach / Amelia Island, Florida; 10/10/22

    Thanks! I had better success with identification using my Peterson field guide than I did searching online. :-)
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    Scarlet Tanager winter male? - Fernandina Beach / Amelia Island, Florida; 10/10/22

    I saw this bird in our fountain this afternoon. This time of year I have my painted buntings; the females and immature males are green, while the males have a bright red chest. For a moment I thought I had a molting male. But then I realized this wasn't a bunting at all, as their wings aren't...
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    Unusually blue "greenie" painted bunting - Amelia Island, Florida

    I suppose. For some reason its coloring stood out to me, as I see these all day long. Just a bit darker than usual with a tinge of blue. Most descriptions say they're bright yellow-green, which this is not (to my eyes). ;-)
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    Unusually blue "greenie" painted bunting - Amelia Island, Florida

    I've been hosting painted buntings in my yard for more than 12 years now, and have a devoted group of at least a dozen who show up every season. (My husband jokingly refers to them as pests.) Occasionally we have an indigo bunting or two come through for a few days, usually February or March. A...
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    Cape May Warbler? N. Florida

    Thanks for the confirmation. The Merlin bird app makes me feel like an expert. It's always nice to get a live person to agree. :-) Kathy
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    Cape May Warbler? N. Florida

    Aw, Stu, I'll try! Shall I send it along with hurricane Lorenzo? Here's another new visitor for the season. Painted buntings stay in our yard from now until mid-April. This is the harbinger of the rest to come in the next few months. https://photos.app.goo.gl/PqT4p1sJGx7vxcGZ8
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    Cape May Warbler? N. Florida

    I'm seeing some migratory birds hit my back yard this past week or so. I'm on Amelia Island, just off the NE coast of Florida. I don't know if I've ever seen this one, but I think it might be a female Cape May warbler, seen Sept. 29. What say you? Thanks...
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    Help in identifying bird song - Amelia Island, FL

    Well, then I believe both of you re: the gnatcatcher. Just as there is a certain cell phone tone that teenagers can hear, but older people cannot, I must be experiencing the same issue. My 65-year-old hearing absolutely does not detect the gnatcatcher. My son, who's 30, can hear it in the...
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    Help in identifying bird song - Amelia Island, FL

    Randy - the White-eyed Vireo does sound very close; as you say, a variation of the standard song. Not too sure about the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher. To my ears, I hear no other birds! I edited my post to advise that the other sound you may hear is the water fountain burbling. Thanks!
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    Help in identifying bird song - Amelia Island, FL

    I have heard this bird in my heavily-wooded back yard only over the last month or so (April/May). Not daily, but occasionally. I can't see it so I have no idea what it looks like. I live on Amelia Island, off the northern Atlantic coast of Florida, just below the Georgia state line. Can anyone...
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    Birdsong ID - Amelia Island, Florida

    Fascinating! I never knew that. I am always interested in word origins. I wish I owned a copy of the OED.
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    Birdsong ID - Amelia Island, Florida

    Thank you! At last we know. We have tufted titmice (mouses?) visiting our feeders daily.
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    Birdsong ID - Amelia Island, Florida

    We have been stumped by the sound of a bird heard just after sunrise; we don't hear it any other times of the day. I live on a barrier island off the NE coast of Florida, just below the state of Georgia. I heard it this morning, and the fastest thing I could think to do was to grab my cell...
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    Pls help identify yellow bird - N. FL

    By gosh, I believe you're right. Funny... I grew up in the Washington DC area. I thought I knew what an oriole looked like and never gave it a second thought for this bird. Clearly this is a female? Feeling sheepish!
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