Jim’s bird looks like a Goldfinch to me, either female or first year bird.
Here’s a link to a photo of a female in pretty much the same posture:
http://www.iowavoice.com/2008/10/20/american-goldfinch-parent-feeding-juvenile/ ;
<http://www.iowavoice.com/2008/10/20/american-goldfinch-parent-feeding-juvenile/>
Anita, yours looks like a Red-eyed Vireo.
—
Lewis Barnett
blbarnett3@xxxxxxxxx
On Oct 11, 2016, at 6:54 PM, Anita Storino <astorino11@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hey Jim - I think I had the same mystery bird in May 2016. The attached photo
of a bird landed on my front porch right after a storm.
I posted this shot on a bird ID site and got a response, but I did not record
what the response was. Ooops!
I think it looks very much like yours. Let me know if you find out what it
is.
Thanks
Anita Storino
On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 10:15 AM, Jim Blowers <jimvb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:jimvb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I saw a strange finch-like bird in our yard this morning. It had yellow
markings so it wasn’t a house finch. It seemed to have a long yellow stripe
in its back, longer than the yellow splotch of a Yellow-Rumped Warbler. It
did not have the epaulettes of a goldfinch. This is two days after Matthew
and a cold air mass coming from the north, so I would expect unusual birds to
show up. So what is it?
Jim Blowers
<mystery storm bird.jpg>
