A Much Needed Cleansing Post
Okay, I need something pretty and birdy to recover from this morning--what better than one of the Larry Sirvio's red-headed woodpecker photos. Breathe in the woodpecker, breath out. Breathe in the red-headed woodpecker, breathe out. Haaaaaa. Cleanse. Better.So, remember when I mentioned that Larry had one heck of a photo for bird id? Here it is:
First correct answer gets a copy of Pete Dunne's GISS book (stop giggling you!). It's called Pete Dunne's Essential Field Guide Companion and it's a great book to help you increase your identification skills based on General Impression Size and Shape. I haven't had a chance to really sit down and review it (the book I'm giving away is a spare, not the one I intend to review). After a quick skim, I must say that I love the descriptive folk names Pete comes up with such as: The Pallid Grinning Longspur.Although, if you can id this bird, maybe you don't need Pete's book. Maybe I should give the prize to the worst answer. No! It will go to the first correct answer.
I'll watch for the correct answer in the comments section.
posted by birdchick at 1:15 PM
9 Comments:
Bell's Vireo?
(Laugh away.)
Acadian Flycatcher?
Looks like a Warbling Vireo (HY?)
Is it an Easter Bell's Vireo?
=^..^=
Yvonne
Maybe a Philadelphia Vireo?
While I initially agreed with Meg on the Bell's Vireo, I'm gonna guess Gray Vireo. You didn't tell us what part of the US this is from, so it could be from the southwest, right?
northern form Bell's Vireo.
Juv. Red-eyed Vireo. If I won you can keep the book.
MH/Duluth
Casey got the id, it is a warbling vireo. A bird we hear more often then we see. A bird that Lang Elliot claims you can hear it say:
"If I could seize one, I would squeeze and and I squeeze it 'til it squirts."
Casey, email your snail mail address to me and the Pete's book of GISS is your's! Congrats.
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