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I have 2 different birds coming to my feeders that I can't identify. I have searched on line but have found nothing. My pictures aren't very good, sorry. Thank you for your help. The first one only comes by occasionally. The second one comes every day and brings the whole flock!
Pattyo

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Second bird

Florida Farm Girl is our resident bird expert......but I will take a stab at an ID...she can always correct me.

The first one looks like a common sparrow. The second one looks like an Orchard Oriole, the best I can see. It is hiding behind the feeder. We get them in the summertime here.

ve

Try looking at

e-nature, bird ID
and
what bird.com

Since my computer got up dated, I haven't figured out how to keep my post and add multipule links...one of these days.

The 1st one's feathers look like a pine siskin, but I'm not sure about the beak...I'll continue to check...don't know about the 2nd one.

You know mgt - it does look more like a pine siskin. Good Job!

Now where is FFG when we need her. I hope she hasn't floated away with all that rainfall.

ve

I think FFG might be packing.

I can't see the pic good enough to even venture a guess or a place to start looking.

Hey girls, I'm treading water, but I'm still here.

I can't really tell what they are. The first could be one of several -- pine siskin, although the beak looks a bit too short and chunky; female house finch or maybe a sparrow of some kind. My best guess would be the female house finch.

As for the second picture, I simply can't tell from that picture.

If you get a chance, try to get more pictures tomorrow and we'll give it another shot.

Thanks for the compliment, VE...we have lots of pine siskins around here. But, I'm not sure of the beak...FFG may be right that it's a female house finch...I'll continue checking.

OK, I looked again & I think it's the female house finch, too. It's that beak that gives it away.

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I just love this message board!!!!!
There is nothing the wonderful gardeners on these boards do NOT know! I never heard of a "Pine Siskin" bird in my life....I just googled it to see what the bird looks like. It did not look like "the common sparrow" to me cause I see them all the time and the markings were different! I have learned soooooooooooooo much just from frequenting this gardening site. Thank you so much! How did ya'll get so smart???

Oh heck, Wavy...you know lots of stuff that the rest of us don't...we just haven't tapped your knowledge yet. We just learn as we go, ya know.

Thank you all for your input. I looked up the pine siskin, and my bird is different. It does look more like the house finch. As for the other one, I have posted another pic, which isn't very good. We have huge flocks of these birds, mostly in the open fields, but they have taken to our feeders. The are brownish grey.

Pattyo

it doesn't look yellowish like it did in the first picture. Look up Mourning Dove. It looks like some spots on the wing feathers and from your color description, it might be the Mourning Dove. However, I have never ever seen a Mourning Dove on a feeder. Mine are all ground feeders.

Otherwise, I haven't a clue.

ve

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Do what VE said & then look up brown headed cowbird...female. They travel in huge flocks sometimes and are pests! They will wipe out feeders in heartbeat once they find them.

If that's what they are, they are a sort of parasitic bird. They will lay their eggs in another bird's nest & leave...leaving the adopted parents to raise their young and their young will sometimes push the other hatchlings out of the nest.
We DO NOT encourage them in our area...they like our blue bird houses for laying eggs.

Fire crackers work wonders for chasing off the flocks too!

That's not a dove. Wrong shape altogether. It might be the female cowbird, but I still can't tell. Sorry.