mrknobs Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 These are all some of our seasonal birds (Austin TX). Which is what? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 (edited) In the first photo, the bird at the peanuts is a Pine Warbler. There's also a House Finch and a Tufted Titmouse. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Pine_Warbler I'm not sure about the last two photos (orioles?), but none of these are either of the species of goldfinch expected in Austin. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/American_Goldfinch https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/lesser_Goldfinch Edited September 8, 2022 by Charlie Spencer 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Thomas 2.0 Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 (edited) 1st Pic: Like Charlie said, Pine Warbler @ peanuts, plus male House Finch and Tufted Titmouse at Sunflower Seeds. 2nd Pic: Looks like a Baltimore Oriole. 3rd Pic: Looks like a Baltimore Oriole with a couple of House Sparrows. Edited September 8, 2022 by Caley Thomas 2.0 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 25 minutes ago, Caley Thomas 2.0 said: a couple of House Sparrows. Missed 'em completely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 27 minutes ago, Caley Thomas 2.0 said: 1st Pic: Like Charlie said, Pine Warbler @ peanuts, plus male House Finch and Tufted Titmouse at Sunflower Seeds. 2nd Pic: Looks like a Baltimore Oriole. 3rd Pic: Looks like a Baltimore Oriole with a couple of House Sparrows. This. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird-Boys Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Not sure how we're eliminating Black-crested Titmouse or a hybrid in the first pic... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caley Thomas 2.0 Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Bird-Boys said: Not sure how we're eliminating Black-crested Titmouse or a hybrid in the first pic... Fair point. Odds-on favorite would be by far a Black-crested Titmouse in fact. A bit of a slip from your fellow Texan here, my mistake. Edited September 8, 2022 by Caley Thomas 2.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 39 minutes ago, Bird-Boys said: Not sure how we're eliminating Black-crested Titmouse or a hybrid in the first pic... I thought about Blackie but felt the head looked more Tufted. I'm happy to go with 'Titmouse sp'. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird-Boys Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 52 minutes ago, Charlie Spencer said: I thought about Blackie but felt the head looked more Tufted. The bird is looking away from the camera, which makes it difficult to ascertain crest shape and color. Also, juveniles of both species don't have any black on the crest. I personally wouldn't call it from this angle. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrknobs Posted September 8, 2022 Author Share Posted September 8, 2022 Thank you! ♥ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Y'all are making this entirely too complicated. Basically every titmouse in the overlap range is a hybrid, there are no pure birds. Sure some birds can look more like one or the other, particularly as you go east/west in that range, but they are technically a hybrid. Many people are unaware of this, so they report them to eBird incorrectly as Black-crested or Tufted. If @mrknobs, is really in Austin then this bird is a hybrid. Except for a some birds on the edge, every bird in this rage shown here, should by default be considered a hybrid. https://ebird.org/map/bcxtit1?neg=true&env.minX=&env.minY=&env.maxX=&env.maxY=&zh=false&gp=false&ev=Z&excludeEx=&mr=1-12&bmo=1&emo=12&yr=all&byr=1900&eyr=2022 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrknobs Posted September 8, 2022 Author Share Posted September 8, 2022 Yep, really in Austin! They'll probably soon pave over the beautiful wild area that all these animals come from and build more dense housing. But for now, we get to see birds and deer and raccoons and foxes and armadillos and the two species of OWL we have. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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