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Songbirds OR (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter opisska
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birdmeister
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Agreed, though #4 is a definite Yellow-rumped Warbler for me, a juvenile.
opisska
rabid twitcher
Thanks! I demand Yellow-Rumped Warblers to get their act together and show some yellow! We have seen so many of those, yet more and more keep popping up. Orange-crowned Warbler seems to be a very good choice.
About the Oriole: Bullock's is the only one in range in Peterson, but is that enough? I can't really see any marks to tell which one it is.
About the Oriole: Bullock's is the only one in range in Peterson, but is that enough? I can't really see any marks to tell which one it is.
tom baxter
Well-known member
pretty sure that #2 is not an oriole. The bill is wrong for an oriole, and specifically to Bullock's those wing bars are off. Not sure what it is, it looks like a warbler to me, but none come to mind for its identity based on what is likely in your area.
Could #2 be a Western Tanager?
tom baxter
Well-known member
edit: another look at the bill and I really don't think its a tanager either. I am pretty confident it is a warbler, and that would mean that it has to be something rare and out of range. I'm being drawn to bay-breasted warbler. Would feel a lot better if it was something else more expected though. That would be pretty exceptional in Oregon.
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2 looks okay for Western Tanager in the latest photos.
tom baxter
Well-known member
Western Tanager it is. Don't know how the first photo changed the look of the bill so much. But this is a perfect example of a reason not to place too much faith in one photo.
