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Post by nickinthegarden on Aug 11, 2021 8:55:00 GMT -8
I came across what I think is a warbler but I have little experience with mid summer birds and this one has me stumped. I found it with a number of other song birds on the bank of the Fraser River at the end of Gladwin a couple days ago. They were all feeding in amongst the willows on both sides of the path. There were Black-throated Gray Warblers, Common Yellowthroat, Song Sparrow, Black-capped Chickadees, Downy Woodpecker, Orange-crowned Warbler. At first though I figured it was just a Pine Siskin but later when looking at the images and going through my bird ID books I found I could not name it. I think there was two of them, there was so much bird movement and with white skies I had trouble keeping my eyes on them.  Who am I? by Nick, on Flickr  Who am I? by Nick, on Flickr  Who am I? by Nick, on Flickr  Who am I? by Nick, on Flickr |
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Post by Ben on Aug 11, 2021 9:00:19 GMT -8
Young yellow-rump for me
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Post by nickinthegarden on Aug 11, 2021 15:37:18 GMT -8
Thank you very much Jon. I have never seen a Yellow-rumped Warbler this young before, perhaps just recently fledged. It is possible there were adult Yellow-rumped Warblers in the mix that I did not see or get images of, they were all quite actively feeding.
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Post by Ben on Aug 13, 2021 6:22:31 GMT -8
Thank you very much Jon. I have never seen a Yellow-rumped Warbler this young before, perhaps just recently fledged. It is possible there were adult Yellow-rumped Warblers in the mix that I did not see or get images of, they were all quite actively feeding. Possible? Yes. But I don't think they had to be there. Yesterday I saw a similar bird at Harrison, and it was not with an adult. If it can fly and eat on it's own, there is no need for an adult. Disclaimer: I don't know this for sure, but it seems logical to me  |
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Post by paulos on Aug 13, 2021 10:54:55 GMT -8
I remember being stumped by these the first time I saw a couple that were so streaky. It wasn't until they flew and the bright yellow rump flashed that I made the connection.
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Post by nickinthegarden on Aug 14, 2021 3:20:13 GMT -8
Thank you all for the assistance. I never got a clear image of the rumps so I did not have that added information to help ID them. While it was a minor fall out of small birds it was a major fallout of mosquitos and I forgot my bug spray. They kept me moving and I fled without getting as good as images as I would have liked. The next day I found I was majorly bit, kept me from going out for a few days. Oh well the price you pay!
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