ShortyTheSpotter
Member
Hi Folks,
I tried to identify the attached bird but I have a really hard time to see the difference. My biggest problem is that some of the differences seem to be mixed up to me.
1. the secondary's are more white than grey in my opinion, what gives a point to the black-capped chickadee.
2. black-capped has more white on the neck, carolina chickadee is more white/ grayish. Another point for the black-capped
3. I read that the black-capped chickadee has four or five inner feathers white, I would say thats not the case here. what brings a point to the carolina chickadee
I can not say anything about the size, since I haven't seen both birds yet (and identified them). I had a similar problem with the downy and the hairy woodpecker in the past and some people said "well you can tell it on their size difference" - if you never seen the other bird then you clearly don't know what that means or how to compare it. After I saw both, I can now clearly identify them.
Maybe someone can help me here to identify the bird. Could it maybe a hybrid? The bird was seen in the Delaware/ Pennsylvania Area.
Thank you
I tried to identify the attached bird but I have a really hard time to see the difference. My biggest problem is that some of the differences seem to be mixed up to me.
1. the secondary's are more white than grey in my opinion, what gives a point to the black-capped chickadee.
2. black-capped has more white on the neck, carolina chickadee is more white/ grayish. Another point for the black-capped
3. I read that the black-capped chickadee has four or five inner feathers white, I would say thats not the case here. what brings a point to the carolina chickadee
I can not say anything about the size, since I haven't seen both birds yet (and identified them). I had a similar problem with the downy and the hairy woodpecker in the past and some people said "well you can tell it on their size difference" - if you never seen the other bird then you clearly don't know what that means or how to compare it. After I saw both, I can now clearly identify them.
Maybe someone can help me here to identify the bird. Could it maybe a hybrid? The bird was seen in the Delaware/ Pennsylvania Area.
Thank you