My name is Bill and I am a bird watcher...
Here's another view of the "mystery" bird.
Male yellow-rumped warbler in spring.Labels: bird identification quiz, bird plumage, mystery bird ID quiz, yellow-rumped warbler
Bill Thompson III is the editor of Bird Watcher's Digest by day. He's also a keen birder, the author of many books, a dad, a field trip leader, an ecotourism consultant, a guitar player, the host of the "This Birding Life" podcast, a regular speaker/performer on the birding festival circuit, a gentleman farmer, and a fungi to be around. His North American life list is somewhere between 667 and 669. His favorite bird is the red-headed woodpecker. His "spark bird" was a snowy owl. He has watched birds in 25 countries and 44 states. But his favorite place to watch birds is on the 80-acre farm he shares with his wife, artist/writer Julie Zickefoose. Some kind person once called Bill "The Pied Piper of Birding" and he has been trying to live up to that moniker ever since.
4 Comments:
Wow! beautiful shot! Beautiful bird. I haven't seen Warblers here, but I would bet there are some in KS. Would love to see one.
Yeah, well, that'll teach me to do one of these quizzes before my first cup of coffee. (Glasses might help too)
I got it wrong too! I need to hit the fields a bit more..
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Hi...I bird at the Falls of the Ohio State Park across from my home in Louisville, KY. The yellow-rumped is our first to arrive and last to leave warbler. Like your gnatcatcher question, I wondered what these warblers were eating in advance of any insects or fruit. While watching a yellow-bellied sapsucker, I was surprised to see yellow-rump warblers sipping sap from a sweet gum tree that the woodpecker bore holes into. Have you seen this behavior as well? Spring migration seems to be arriving late this year. I enjoyed your site...kind regards...Al
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