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Post by zack on May 14, 2018 21:16:15 GMT -8
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Post by zack on May 14, 2018 21:17:28 GMT -8
At Manning Park.
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Post by paulos on May 15, 2018 6:49:36 GMT -8
I could be off on the proportion here, but that looks to me like a Townsend's Warbler. A Flicker would have a dark "Bib" rather than a dark throat, and the same speckled front as a red-shafted, rather than a yellow breast.
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Post by zack on May 17, 2018 21:24:48 GMT -8
I disagree that this is a Townsend`s Warbler as that is a small yellow and black striped bird.
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Post by paulos on May 18, 2018 8:15:31 GMT -8
Did it look pretty large when you saw it in person? In my experience size can sometimes be hard to judge without something nearby to compare a bird to. Once, hiking on Cheam, I saw what I thought was a really weird, large, crazy-billed woodpecker or enormous finch with a dark head. It turned out to be a junco. The smaller alpine trees messed with my perspective. While I couldn't have the perspective you did in person, there are several things that point to a Townsend's warbler that don't match anything else. (It is no Tanager or Grosbeak, which could also have some yellow). Here is a photo of a male Townsend's. Note the black triangular throat patch, the thin black bill, the yellow breast fading to a white belly with black streaks on the side. All of that matches your photo from the angle it was taken. A Yellow-Shafted Flicker ( photo here) would have a much thicker and longer bill, a light brown throat with a black "bib," then spots on a light breast. The yellow only comes into play on the tail and under wing feathers. |
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Post by oldfulica on May 18, 2018 18:28:21 GMT -8
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Post by paulos on May 18, 2018 18:50:40 GMT -8
That came to mind for me too, but a meadowlark also has a sort of bib... the black never goes to the throat like the bird in the picture.
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Post by zack on May 18, 2018 20:01:11 GMT -8
 002 by Henry Wall, on Flickr This is a Townsends Warbler and the bird in the photo doesn`t look like this. |
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Post by zack on May 18, 2018 20:10:11 GMT -8
 156-crop-crop-crop by Henry Wall, on Flickr This is the best that i could do make the colours on the head show up note there is no black circle around the ear and no black stripes on the breast. |
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Post by Randy on May 18, 2018 20:29:16 GMT -8
Hi Hank. I would agree that your bird is not a flicker given the reasons above. I also agree that this is almost certainly a Townsend's warbler especially given the excellent editing you have just done.
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Post by oldfulica on May 19, 2018 6:09:10 GMT -8
156-crop-crop-crop by Henry Wall, on Flickr This is the best that i could do make the colours on the head show up note there is no black circle around the ear and no black stripes on the breast. I thought the black throat may've been shadow but the editing highlights this feature. It's starting to look more like a Townsends now. |
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Post by zack on May 21, 2018 19:20:04 GMT -8
I agree that it isn`t a Flicker but i have my reservations about it being a Townsend`s Warbler .
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Post by paulos on May 23, 2018 9:16:21 GMT -8
Zack, is the bird's size a concern for your? You mentioned the black stripes on the face. To me they seem to be visible, though not clear, in your photo from underneath. This reminded me of a warbler guide pdf I have. Here is an underside view of a Townsend's warbler underneath from the guide. Looks uncannily like yours.  |
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