[va-richmond-general] Re: Unusual yellow bird

  • From: Lewis Barnett <blbarnett3@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: jimvb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 20:13:01 -0500

I think Pine Warbler is a good call. I have seen them come to suet before.

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Lewis Barnett
blbarnett3@xxxxxxxxx




On Feb 26, 2014, at 9:04 AM, Jim Blowers <jimvb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This morning an unusual yellow bird started munching on my suet (see attached 
> photo).  When I first saw it I thought “goldfinch”, but this bird seems to 
> have too narrow and sharp a beak for a goldfinch, which has a blunt, 
> triangular beak.  I identified it as a Pine Warbler, but there are some 
> discrepancies here too; for example, the yellowish back and what seems to be 
> faint red stripes on its upper breast.  It seems to washed out to be a Yellow 
> Warbler. So what is it?
>  
> Jim Blowers
> <UnusualBird.jpg>

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