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re: Identify this songbird
Posted on 5/1/13 at 10:47 pm to faxis
Posted on 5/1/13 at 10:47 pm to faxis
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This your bird?
Real world Blue-headed Vireos don't look like that, their head is really more a dark gray than actually blue. The photographer went a little crazy with photoshop on that one. This is much more typical:
From the original post - blue confined to the head could be Painted Bunting:
The other strong possibilities are Indigo Bunting and Blue Grosbeak. Both can be somewhat mottled this time of year so they could be mostly blue on the head though it's unusual. The females of all of these are drab and similar looking. They all come to feeders, something I've never seen a Blue-headed Vireo do.
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Posted on 5/1/13 at 10:49 pm to Tigris
Do y'all have any recommendations on certain feeders or foods to get some birds into my back yard?
Posted on 5/1/13 at 10:55 pm to Tigris
Having seen Painted Buntings I don't think there's a chance in hell of misidentifying it. And that eye doesn't resemble a dove in the least.
As for the blue head vireo, we're still in the period where that head would be more blue than gray if they are still in this area, which based on what I've been seeing, there's a lot of birds still here that shouldn't be because it's been such a cold spring.
Not saying that's what the guy saw, but I've seen them with the blue head, and that's likely not shopped. They look just like that. And this year is weird so who knows. I'm in North LA though. Don't know how much difference it would make.
As for the blue head vireo, we're still in the period where that head would be more blue than gray if they are still in this area, which based on what I've been seeing, there's a lot of birds still here that shouldn't be because it's been such a cold spring.
Not saying that's what the guy saw, but I've seen them with the blue head, and that's likely not shopped. They look just like that. And this year is weird so who knows. I'm in North LA though. Don't know how much difference it would make.
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