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Anybody know what kind of bird this is? I think it came on my deck to catch that fly. About the size of the sparrow (Original Post) Walleye Feb 2024 OP
Looks like a Alliepoo Feb 2024 #1
Female yellow finch? They turn more yellow in the spring. FSogol Feb 2024 #2
It's a yellow-rumped warbler. euphorb Feb 2024 #3
I agree, I looked it up in the warblers and couldn't find it. Walleye Feb 2024 #5
My guess is a yellow rumped warbler . Permanut Feb 2024 #4
Thanks that's what my friend said too, I think that's the correct answer Walleye Feb 2024 #7
that''s a finch and WhiteTara Feb 2024 #6
Maybe Yellow-rumped Warbler elleng Feb 2024 #8
Yes, thank you, it's a female Walleye Feb 2024 #12
That's what I was going to say. 2naSalit Feb 2024 #14
A female pine warbler? femmedem Feb 2024 #9
Great shot, whatever it is! MLAA Feb 2024 #10
Thank you! didn't stick around for long, just gobbled that fly Walleye Feb 2024 #13
Just glad he got MOMFUDSKI Feb 2024 #11
Yellow Rumped Warbler aka butter butt Dave in VA Feb 2024 #15
I am so looking forward to the hummingbirds. I will start staring out my window beginning of April looking for them Walleye Feb 2024 #16

Walleye

(35,147 posts)
5. I agree, I looked it up in the warblers and couldn't find it.
Wed Feb 14, 2024, 03:07 PM
Feb 2024

I have gold finches that are yellow in the spring. They don’t eat bugs I don’t think and they don’t look like this

Permanut

(6,608 posts)
4. My guess is a yellow rumped warbler .
Wed Feb 14, 2024, 03:04 PM
Feb 2024

So many of these little ones are tough. We call them "LBJs" - Little Brown Jobs.

2naSalit

(92,378 posts)
14. That's what I was going to say.
Wed Feb 14, 2024, 04:39 PM
Feb 2024

David Allen Sibley's bird guide identifies it as a first winter female Yellow Rumped Warbler.

Dave in VA

(2,181 posts)
15. Yellow Rumped Warbler aka butter butt
Wed Feb 14, 2024, 05:27 PM
Feb 2024

I have these at my feeders all winter. They enjoy the meal worms and the suet. Know that winter is on its way when they arrive in the late fall. They will be heading out very soon and the hummingbirds will be here!

Walleye

(35,147 posts)
16. I am so looking forward to the hummingbirds. I will start staring out my window beginning of April looking for them
Thu Feb 15, 2024, 06:22 AM
Feb 2024
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