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Earnest lad

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Please could anyone help out with the i.d. of this bird I have seen live on the North Caroline bird cam:
 

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I also think it is a Pine Warbler, the white vent and white on belly leads me to that. But then the other day I said a Kite was a hawk, so take it with a grain of salt. 😂
 
Pine Warbler was a consideration, however the seemingly “longer” pointed bill, no doubt enhanced by the angle, pushed me towards Andy’s suggestion of Baltimore Oriole.
Perhaps less haste and more focus might be better on the day.😮
 
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Never seen any of them, but they just can't be that similar--it says here (Pine Warbler Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) and here (Baltimore Oriole Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) that Pine Warblers have white undertail coverts, while Baltimore Orioles have yellow.

EDIT: The bill also looks quite different in these unrelated species (and body & head shape and proportions, too).
Thank you for this helpful information which makes me lean strongly to Pine Warbler
 
they just can't be that similar . . . The bill also looks quite different in these unrelated species (and body & head shape and proportions, too)
They can, I'm afraid - certainly in a single poor-quality (no offence) photo - and for all the usual reasons: angle of view, posture, light, etc etc etc. Birds may look clearly different one from another in a field guide, but in the field it genuinely is possible to mistake anything for just about anything else.
 
Male Pine Warbler as suggested by others, bill looks fine for that species to me
Yes, definitely a Pine Warbler, as others have said. The white undertail and double wing bars combined with a substantial bill are all good ID features. Time of year also key as Pine is resident whereas most migrant warblers have not yet started moving north.

Stu
 
Yes, definitely a Pine Warbler, as others have said. The white undertail and double wing bars combined with a substantial bill are all good ID features. Time of year also key as Pine is resident whereas most migrant warblers have not yet started moving north.

Stu
Thank you for advising of these ID features.
 
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