[Douglbirds] Prairie Warblers & our backyard

[Lisa Crispin]

Good idea, I'll try to get a photo. It comes around a fair amount so I just
need to have my camera ready. It looks to tall and skinny to be a Say's
Phoebe, and it doesn't look like any of the Grosbeaks we've had around. The
most distinctive thing is that from the back, its wings don't touch each
other at all, there is quite a gap where most birds' wings cross over each
other. It's definitely eating something out of the seed tray, which has tree
nuts, peanuts, fruit and black oil sunflower seeds in it. Its beak looks a
lot like a robin's, at least from a distance, so I was surprised to see it
on the feeder.
thanks
Lisa

On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 11:47 AM, ouzels8 <ouzels8 at aol.com> wrote:

>  Lisa: Look up Say's Phoebe. The trouble is, they don't eat seeds.
>
> They have gray head & back, black tail, and a belly that runs anything from
> pale rose to apricot to yellow. When they light on a perch,they wag their
> tails a bit, and the black contrasts with the rest of the body. They nest on
> ledges, and often in barns or on the sides of houses.
>
> What kind of beak does it have? If it's a seed-eater then I'm a little
> stymied on the ID. (Another possibility is a female Western Bluebird, but I
> think you'd recognize that. The description doesn't fit a female
> Black-headed Grosbeak -- which loves seeds, or House Finch (ditto on seeds).
>
>
> Can you get a picture? Even a poor one might help in the ID.
>
> Hugh Kingery
> Franktown, CO
>
>
>



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