Bird ID - Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (1 Viewer)

[YellowBudgie]

Hi All,

The photos are from 3 weeks back, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

I heard this birds nice song and when I spotted it, man was it fast, hopping from branch to branch in a bush it seemed to like (I included a photo)

I've been trying to ID this bird with a few books. Could this be a immature Yellow Warbler this time of year?

Thanks!

 

[briddo13]

hi, this looks to be a Ruby Crowned Kinglet

 

[Tero]

Yes kinglet. You should only get two or three kinds of warbler anymore this late. Another small bird that confuses people this time of year is drab winter Goldfinches, but they have an obvious finch beak, so with the pointy bill it can only be kinglet.

 

[MLoyko]

Kinglet it is, awesome shots by the way. The green on its wings is a good field mark, but don't only go by one marking alone

-Matt

 

[YellowBudgie]

Yes kinglet. You should only get two or three kinds of warbler anymore this late. Another small bird that confuses people this time of year is drab winter Goldfinches, but they have an obvious finch beak, so with the pointy bill it can only be kinglet.

If I only saw the tail I would have thought a Goldfinch on 10 cups of coffee I really enjoy the Goldfinches here at the house. A good size group feeds here through the winter. I took so many photos of them last year, I think I'm going to do a plumage gallery showing them getting their summer molt.

Thanks for the ID. That was the first time I've seen a kinglet.

 

[YellowBudgie]

hi, this looks to be a Ruby Crowned Kinglet

Thanks!

 

[YellowBudgie]

Kinglet it is, awesome shots by the way. The green on its wings is a good field mark, but don't only go by one marking alone

-Matt

Thanks,

Trying to frame the shot for that bird was like a video game. Seeing the Kinglet for the first time was neat. It's song was really nice and pleasant. Now I can read up on the little guy.

 

[MLoyko]

I've shown this a million times already but here is the first one I ever got, I only had time for one shot.

 

[YellowBudgie]

I've shown this a million times already but here is the first one I ever got, I only had time for one shot.

It's nice you were able to get the one photo. I was lucky to find a few in a parking lot. The area is a good place for some migrating birds. I see the last of the Robins in this area, lots of berries.

 

[bkrownd]

Yes kinglet. You should only get two or three kinds of warbler anymore this late. Another small bird that confuses people this time of year is drab winter Goldfinches, but they have an obvious finch beak, so with the pointy bill it can only be kinglet.

These birds, and their golden-crowned cousins that appear with them, are unmistakeable once you've experienced them. They're too small to be anything else, very active, not at all shy and usually talk a lot. Billlions of them were passing through the northern states in mid-October.

Yargh, hate those distracting goldfinches.

 

[YellowBudgie]

Yargh, hate those distracting goldfinches.

I had to smile at that. I have a feeder pole close to my window. The goldfinches aren't so peaceful to watch in a group. It's like watching a big brawl. Their always working out their pecking order.

You have to love the call the first one makes at near the feeder. It's a cute call. You can hear the single goldfinch saying anyone coming? I'm not doing this alone. Come on, lets eat.

I love when the tree's full of them all in song, very nice to hear.