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Michael
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 Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 1:41 am Post subject: Help Identify Bird |
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While I was fishing the Mill River TMA Sunday I heard a bird hopping around through brush and on top of the snow. Got to see the bird but haven't found out what it was.
Closest I came was a type of wren.
Shape and size was your average sparrow, swallow, or wren.
The color is what's making it tuff. The whole body was a rusty orange brown with some black markings on the wings. Breast looked to be a bight brighter than the rest of the body.
Another thing making it tuff is time of year I saw it.
Any bird watchers think they know? |
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TurtleKiss
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| Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:18 am Post subject: |
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Maybe an oriole?
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BigEd
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| Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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| Black Headed Grosbeak? |
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Michael
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| Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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Just looked at pics of black headed grosbeak and recognized the orange like color but the whole body was that color with just a few pale black markings on the wings.
Saw it eventually go into a brush pile. |
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Michael
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| Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:04 pm Post subject: |
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| If I were to compare the bird's color to a fish's color, then I'd say something similar to the bottom of a female bluegill but more on the orange side than yellow. |
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SeaDog1
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| Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Michael,
Is this the bird you saw ?
Male  ..Female 
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Michael
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| Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 11:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Female grosbeak looks something more like what I saw. |
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DirtyDawg10
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| Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Take a look at a female cardinal...sometimes they can look orangish. |
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Michael
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| Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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| DirtyDawg10 wrote: | | Take a look at a female cardinal...sometimes they can look orangish. |
The bird was too small to be a cardinal and am very familiar with cardinals.
I'm gonna confirm it was a type of wren or a female grosbeak. |
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