Two backyard birds - North Carolina, USA (1 Viewer)

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High-Tech Hillbilly

• Feb 2, 2007

• #1

Two birds I need some ID help with. Both photographed in Johnston County, North Carolina, USA. Both shots were taken within the last week.

Photo 1
I'm fairly certain this bird is a Brown Thrasher, due to the brown streaks on the chest and the yellow eyes. He's a big bird, though. As large as, if not larger than a Blue Jay. I'm new to this but I've gotten the impression from my reading that Brown Thrashers should be smaller. And does anyone know what that thing is stuck on his face?


Photo 2
I have no idea what this little guy is. It's superficially similar to the horde of sparrows in the back yard, but this is the only one with yellow spots like that.

Any help would be much appreciated.

 

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red-dawn35

Well-known member

• Feb 2, 2007

• #2

Your correct on the first, it is a brown thrasher. Your second little guy is a yellow rumped warbler

 

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cavan wood

Well-known member

• Feb 2, 2007

• #3

Agree on both accounts. The thing on the thrasher face appears to be an infection of some kind.

Scott

 

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David Norgate

Well-known member

• Feb 2, 2007

• #4

Nice pics and agree with both id's mentioned.
Is it possible that the mark is a tick of some variety, although not very swollen

 

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cavan wood

Well-known member

• Feb 2, 2007

• #5

I think the pink we see is the bird's skin, especially since it seems to extend back below the eye and under the feathers at the front. Any ticks I've seen were greyer than that as well. That doesn't eliminate the possiblility that there is a parasite involved, but the pink swelling in my mind is definately bird.

Scott

 

KC Foggin

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Supporter

• Feb 2, 2007

• #6

I'm noticing more tick infestation on the birds this year than any other year.

 

tarzzz

Well-known member

• Feb 2, 2007

• #7

Very beutiful bird that Yellow Rumped Warbler...

//Ben

 

AlexC

Aves en Los Ángeles

Opus Editor

• Feb 2, 2007

• #8

tarzzz said:

Very beutiful bird that Yellow Rumped Warbler...

//Ben

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Not a very beautiful name, though, huh?

Don't know why they had to get rid of both the names "Myrtle" and "Audubon's" as far as species go - they were pretty nice sounding - just pick one instead of blatantly stating, "yeah, it's gotta yellow butt."

 

Gentoo

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• Feb 3, 2007

• #9

overworkedirish said:

Not a very beautiful name, though, huh?

Don't know why they had to get rid of both the names "Myrtle" and "Audubon's" as far as species go - they were pretty nice sounding - just pick one instead of blatantly stating, "yeah, it's gotta yellow butt."

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:-O :-O