1. Make sure to read the post "Be Patient... Or Not", which is an actual posty post and not one of these little ID challenges. It offers advice on how to see more birds if you have very little birding experience.
2. We've got a modifications to how "What Is It?" works: in order to be completely sure that everyone's' identifications are based off of their work and not just reading others' posts, once I see that you have commented with an answer I will mark it as "spam" and it will not be visible. Once that particular round of "What Is It?" is over, I will "unspam" all of the comments and they will be visible again.
Now with that out of the way,
Congrats to Gloria, David, Roberto, and Evan on their ID's of last week's Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) and Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)!
Once again, I will say that the Uni library has two bird field guides that you should make use of when trying to identify species. Also, I will have a field guide on hand during blog reading/writing days if you just can't be bothered to check one out from the library.
So on to round 4!
This bird is a bit less distinctive than last week's herons. Get used to it. I'll be kicking the difficulty level up another notch next time.
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You have until October 24th to post an ID of this bird.
Have fun!
My best guess is the Yellow-rumped Warbler, including "Myrtle Warbler" and "Audubon's Warbler." Pretty sure it's a male because of the throat, though I can't tell if it's yellow or white.
ReplyDeleteThis is getting really fun! Something about the vivid colors of birds' plumage makes me smile. I particularly love looking at pictures of yellow birds.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, Gloria graciously lent me her Field Guide to Birds, so I was able to take a more accurate guess at identifying this bird. I believe that this week's bird is a Yellow-Rumped Audubon's Warbler based on the small bit of yellow on its rump...
I can't wait to see next week's bird(s).
Arch, I love the way your blog has taken on such an interactive aspect. You are a true promoter of birding.
ReplyDeleteAnd fellow commenters, be sure to vote for your favorite kind of bird in the upper left hand corner of Arch's blog, if you haven't already.