Can you tell me who this is?
Jun 6, 2013 15:34:52 #
I set out a Wandering Jew plant and when I looked out at it I had this visitor sitting on it. I have no idea what bird this is. Help please.
Jun 6, 2013 15:39:14 #
Jun 6, 2013 15:45:22 #
2daysoldrndirt wrote:
I set out a Wandering Jew plant and when I looked out at it I had this visitor sitting on it. I have no idea what bird this is. Help please.
Not exactly sure. It is a juvenile bird that has probably left the nest too early. The tail feathers have not grown in and still have the wax on them. The beak also has a yellow juvenile coloring on the outside edges. I don't have a clue as to why it would be around your plant. In your photo it appears to have a rusty color under on the throat much like the Juvenile Swallow. If the size of the plant is for scale, this bird is much smaller than a Brewer's Blackbird, if that is what someone referred to as a Common Blackbird on another post. There are many "common" blackbirds - some more common to your area than someone elses. The Brewer's female does not have the yellow eye as mentioned on another post as well, so not a definitive diagnostic for this shot.
How big are the leaves of this plant?
Jun 6, 2013 16:09:22 #
Jun 6, 2013 16:14:25 #
This bird does not have the yellow eye of the black bird
tlbuljac wrote:
it's a common "black bird"
Jun 6, 2013 16:49:18 #
Ok then it's not black....it's dark blue
2daysoldrndirt wrote:
This bird does not have the yellow eye of the black bird
Jun 6, 2013 20:56:39 #
2daysoldrndirt wrote:
I set out a Wandering Jew plant and when I looked out at it I had this visitor sitting on it. I have no idea what bird this is. Help please.
I am surprised nobody more folks on the forum haven't come forward yet. We have a couple of knowledgeable birders on board.
Jun 6, 2013 21:04:36 #
Bozsik wrote:
I am surprised nobody more folks on the forum haven't come forward yet. We have a couple of knowledgeable birders on board.
I am surprised nobody more folks on the forum haven't come forward yet. We have a couple of knowledgeable birders on board.
It puzzles me as well, I have seen many such questions resolved in a manner of a couple of hours. In fact I had one identified May or June of last year of a bird I photographed while in San Angelo, TX. Hopefully help will surface soon.
Jun 6, 2013 21:10:18 #
2daysoldrndirt wrote:
It puzzles me as well, I have seen many such questions resolved in a manner of a couple of hours. In fact I had one identified May or June of last year of a bird I photographed while in San Angelo, TX. Hopefully help will surface soon.
Did you get any other shots of the bird?
Jun 6, 2013 21:23:21 #
just the two I posted, they flew off shortly after I spotted them. I was fortunate my camera was close at hand.
Jun 7, 2013 09:17:56 #
My guess is a young purple martin??? We have three martin houses full of them this time of year.
Jun 7, 2013 10:27:20 #
HumDinger wrote:
My guess is a young purple martin??? We have three martin houses full of them this time of year.
I think you nailed it. I thought it might be a swallow of some kind. I have never seen a Purple Martin before, but this looked like some kind of swallow. Referring to my field guides, I would say good call. It stumped the birders on this forum.
Jun 7, 2013 10:40:21 #
2daysoldrndirt wrote:
I set out a Wandering Jew plant and when I looked out at it I had this visitor sitting on it. I have no idea what bird this is. Help please.
:thumbup: Nice pics.
It looks to me like a Purple Martin: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Purple_Martin/id
Look at the section of Similar Species and see if it might be one of the swallows, but I'm sticking with the Purple Martin.
Thanks for showing.
Jun 7, 2013 11:04:35 #
Thank you gentlemen, I also went to http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Purple_Martin/id
and I have to agree with you, it was as close as I could find.
and I have to agree with you, it was as close as I could find.
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