Need ID on this one,, ! (1 Viewer)

https://identify.whatbird.com/obj/822/overview/Bachmans_Warbler.aspx

Saw a similar bird about a week ago but there are differences ! We do not have birds with yellow breast here as part of the normal population other than the field larks ! This bird was brown on the back and the black extended to the bottom of the beak, darker on the head but not black ! Black extended across the eyes but no farther up on the head ! Throat patch was the same !
It was about the same size as a sparrow but more streamlined ! Not a fluffy round body ! The next day I saw what I assumed was the female,, same bird but no throat patch and slightly lighter yellow breast. The above pic is the closest I could find ! Yes I know these are supposed to be extinct or close to it ! But do they have a relative ? Saw him again today but only for a minute,, he didn`t stay long ! Anyone know what this bird might be ? Forgot to say I live in NE Texas, USA !

Probably a juvenile male Orchard Oriole... scroll through the pics in the link until you get to immature male. And then possibly the female on the next day. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Orchard_Oriole/id

I don`t think that its an Orchard Oriole ! Color is not right nor is the size and beak shape. These birds had no white at all and the color above the underbelly/breast was a light to medium brown ! While about the same size height wise as sparrows the body shape was thinner ,,more streamlined ! Unless the orioles can change color,, it must be another one ! The male was eating corn with the locals here and I thought Orioles were insect eaters !

Forgot to say thanks !

Dickcissel?? Exceedingly hard from the description:smoke:

Larry Sweetland said:

Dickcissel?? Exceedingly hard from the description:smoke:

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I think this is a good call from the description and the added information that it ate corn.

While I don't know about your yard/property, Titus County, Texas, supports a number of breeding species that have significant amounts of yellow underparts plumage (e.g., warblers, tanagers, meadowlarks). Here is a link to the eBird data from the county.