Two Mystery Birds In My Yard! (1 Viewer)

Larry Lade said:

In my opinion:

1. Savannah Sparrow

2. Yellow-rumped Warber, first fall male
The side streaks more defined on Yellow-rump than on a Blackpoll. Blackpoll would be browner overal, I believe. It looks to me like the yellow below the shoulder is more in keeping with a Yellow-rump than a Blackpoll. Perhaps a "clincher" would be light eye arcs on a Yellow-rump which the Blackpoll would not have. The Blackpoll would have a dark eyeline. This feature cannot be seen on the photo. Tammie, you might check this on subsequent birds that you might see.

3. Palm Warbler

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Dave S said:

I'll take everyone's word on the Savannah Sparrow... alot of the little brown birds look the same to me. The yellow eyebrows are something I usually look for in a savannahs, and that one does seem to have them.

The second is definately a yellow rumped warbler. I managed to get one this year that shows pretty much the same colors, only this one has his wings dropped to show just exactly how he got his name:

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