February 20, 20197 yr 1 hour ago, HARO50 said: I think we were all barking up the wrong feeder! Check out the female Orchard Oriole. The beak sure seems right, as well as the larger size. John I saw reference to her when I found pictures of the Pine Warbler and the Yellow Throat Vireo...made me wonder too since he had the male Baltimore Oriole. Now I'm going to have to revisit some of my Spring time (if we ever have one again) transients that I may have confused for Goldfinch. Goldfinch are very obvious though by sound and adherence to the Nijer feeders. This is getting very confusing and beginning to make my head hurt.
February 20, 20197 yr Popular Post Wow, this has certainly been interesting and has generated far more response than I thought it would. And I have learned a few things along the way. I actually spent a bit of time researching both pine warbler and yellow throated vireo last night. Seems whenever these are spotted, a lot of discussion is done in an attempt to identify, just as we have done this week. The confusion exists even on birding sites. At this time I shall call it a Pine Warbler sighting. Definitely not a Goldfinch - to large and wrong beak. John, I do not think it was an Oriole, even though we have the Baltimore Oriole here. It hung out almost exclusively at the suet feeder while the Oriole wants grape jelly and oranges. This birds eating habit made me think it was a female sapsucker at first. The Vireo descriptions reference the "spectacles" as more pronounced than this bird has. There is a difference in the beaks between the Vireo & Warbler - but my pictures are not clear enough to see this. Should this bird return next year, I have also learned a bit about my camera - or relearned as I did know at one time - I will be able to take a few more pics that will have the whole bird in focus. And @Dadio, thanks Herb - ™¢• ; I do not have an "alt" key (I have a Mac). I am sure a degree can be found somewhere, but not today!
February 20, 20197 yr 4 hours ago, Cal said: And @Dadio, thanks Herb - ™¢• ; I do not have an "alt" key (I have a Mac). I am sure a degree can be found somewhere, but not today! Try this Cal, Herb Edited February 20, 20197 yr by Dadio
February 20, 20197 yr 5 hours ago, Cal said: I am sure a degree can be found somewhere, use the X2 in the editor... -51o Edited February 20, 20197 yr by Stick486
February 21, 20197 yr 18 hours ago, Dadio said: Try this Cal, Herb Let's give this a try... 53˚ and foggy in Byron this morning. Expected high today is 73° Easy peazy! Now, will I remember it And now for Stick's method... It was a darn chilly 40'so yesterday. Hey, that works too. Might even be easier to remember. Will have to check it out on a couple car sites I frequent. Thanks fellas!
February 21, 20197 yr 44 minutes ago, Cal said: And now for Stick's method... It was a darn chilly 40's0 yesterday. - using a zero... It was a darn chilly 40'so yesterday. - using a lower case oh...
February 21, 20197 yr @John Morris ... is it possible to auto bold the links (links) that are posted in the fields of text??? as is, they are close to invisible to not noticeable... the larger the text field the more hidden they are... underlining and italics would be a plus... Edited February 21, 20197 yr by Stick486
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