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broots
Cochrane, ON
(Zone 2b)
February 16, 2008
5:50 PM Post #4547509
| Here is another bird that I cannot identify. I apologize for the bad quality of the photo. It was taken through a shaded window. This bird showed up the middle of Oct & was still around the end of Nov. He was always with a male red-winged blackbird. I suppose a robin figures in here somehow. I imagine there is no definite answer.
This was taken on Nov 1/06.
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broots
Cochrane, ON
(Zone 2b)
February 16, 2008
5:51 PM Post #4547511
| #2 this was taken one week later on Nov 8/06.
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Resin
Northumberland
(United Kingdom)
(Zone 9a)
February 16, 2008
5:54 PM Post #4547519
| Not sure what, but it's something that's jumped out of a cage.
Resin
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broots
Cochrane, ON
(Zone 2b)
February 16, 2008
9:43 PM Post #4548397
| Thanks for checking it out Resin. It is a mystery isn't it? |
DonnaB
Vancleave, MS
(Zone 8b)
February 16, 2008
10:56 PM Post #4548723
| looks like a female or Yellow-headed Blackbird page 439 of Field Guide to Birds Eastern Region by Donald and Lillian Stokes |
Lily_love
Central, AL
(Zone 7b)
February 16, 2008
10:59 PM Post #4548735
| broots, the bird is charming. But what type of tree branches are there? I'm trying to get a positive I.D. of what maybe a hawthorn. Is that it? Thanks much. |
broots
Cochrane, ON
(Zone 2b)
February 16, 2008
11:42 PM Post #4548895
| Hi Donna. I just checked my National Geographic Birds of N.A. and it sure looks like it could be the female Yellow-headed Blackbird. I think she was a little off course. Although I did have a male YHBB in the fall a few years ago. Thanks a lot. |
broots
Cochrane, ON
(Zone 2b)
February 16, 2008
11:49 PM Post #4548911
| Hi Lily_love. The branches are from an apple tree. |
Resin
Northumberland
(United Kingdom)
(Zone 9a)
February 17, 2008
5:15 AM Post #4549409
| Plumage pattern is definitely not right for Yellow-headed Blackbird, but it is clearly related. There are several similar species in South America, some of which feature in the cagebird trade; I suspect it is one of those.
Resin
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broots
Cochrane, ON
(Zone 2b)
February 17, 2008
1:51 PM Post #4550647
| Thanks Resin, I appreciate your knowledge. I'll just label him as an unknown. |
