Hi,
I'm new to Bird Forum and have been seeing a brown bird at my feeder in western North Carolina, low mountains, meadow area for the last few days.
I can not identify it no matter where I look.
It has lighter feet and legs (not black) a short lighter colored bill (not black and not a thrasher), is about 7 inches (much bigger than a goldfinch) about the size of a towhee but not quite as bulky, has no eye ring, has some black feathers on its back and a short inconspicuous bar of white on its wing feathers that lay across or close to its back. When it flies there are distinct white tail feathers on each side like a mocking bird's tail. The bird is close to that size as well but distinctly BROWN, no chest or belly stripes or white. We saw 4 together this moring and have looked eveery where for this bird's name. We thought it might be a wheatear but it is absolutley not that either.
Can anyone help me? It is not a bobolink and not a female redwing blackbird.
All help appreciated.
Thanks,
ilisten
I'm new to Bird Forum and have been seeing a brown bird at my feeder in western North Carolina, low mountains, meadow area for the last few days.
I can not identify it no matter where I look.
It has lighter feet and legs (not black) a short lighter colored bill (not black and not a thrasher), is about 7 inches (much bigger than a goldfinch) about the size of a towhee but not quite as bulky, has no eye ring, has some black feathers on its back and a short inconspicuous bar of white on its wing feathers that lay across or close to its back. When it flies there are distinct white tail feathers on each side like a mocking bird's tail. The bird is close to that size as well but distinctly BROWN, no chest or belly stripes or white. We saw 4 together this moring and have looked eveery where for this bird's name. We thought it might be a wheatear but it is absolutley not that either.
Can anyone help me? It is not a bobolink and not a female redwing blackbird.
All help appreciated.
Thanks,
ilisten