tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2662118368553266438.post2561791909704208909..comments2024-03-22T20:11:44.673-04:00Comments on Saratoga woods and waterways: A Search for Limestone LoversJacqueline Donnellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13390548854179921303noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2662118368553266438.post-86549820630465739012009-08-21T14:56:30.121-04:002009-08-21T14:56:30.121-04:00How did I ever gloss over the baby bird photo?! I&...How did I ever gloss over the baby bird photo?! I'm not too experienced with baby birds and they make me wish I had a copy of the Pyle guide (aka Bird Bander Bible). But anyway!<br /><br />What stands out to me is that hooked, wide bill, I think warblers have much smaller, thinner ones, vireos and flycatchers have that hook. <br /><br />Of the vireos, possibly a yellow-throated, although it sounds like the adult bird you saw had duller yellow over more of it's body than the yellow-throated vireo does (that vireo's yellow is almost lemon or primary yellow) - plus the yellow-throated vireo has a distinct large amount of white on the underside as well. I just keep thinking "yellow throat" because the baby bird looks like it already has yellowish feathers there, rather than a vireo with a white throat, though it depends on if the adult you saw had a white or yellow throat too. <br /><br />I'm also thinking an Empid flycatcher, some have soft yellow all down their undersides and two white wingbars. Most of the flycatchers are that olive color above in varying darkness and are just softer colored in general compared to that vireo I mentioned above. I also recall from banding, they have that broad bill the baby has.Lindseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07386243323076528579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2662118368553266438.post-32924966588747001272009-08-19T10:28:08.021-04:002009-08-19T10:28:08.021-04:00My rehabber friend is leaning toward vireo, too, f...My rehabber friend is leaning toward vireo, too, for your fledgling.Ellen Rathbonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17684750034177425795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2662118368553266438.post-45228765698411624742009-08-18T17:07:08.591-04:002009-08-18T17:07:08.591-04:00The astonished look on that baby birds face is pri...The astonished look on that baby birds face is priceless!<br /><br />It's interesting that we both have common mullein (I've seen it pictured on a couple of US nature blogs today), and again I wonder where it is native - I've always assumed that it is native to the UK, but I've learned to take nothing for granted. The milkwort is really striking - I'm glad you saw enough beauty to make up for the mosquitos!Birdhttp://www.thebirdsinthemeadow.com/category/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2662118368553266438.post-41985560559603179182009-08-17T15:19:50.811-04:002009-08-17T15:19:50.811-04:00Hi Ellen, thanks for your comment. As for the bab...Hi Ellen, thanks for your comment. As for the baby bird, I did see one of its parents, briefly, and it was not a chipping sparrow (little brown-striped bird with a chestnut crown). This bird's parent was light greyish brown above, with a pale yellow underside and white wingbars, same colors as the baby. The parent I saw could have been the mom, so the plumage of the father could have been quite different. Unfortunately, my glimpse of the adult trying to protect the baby was very brief, the other parent shrieking in the bushes I could not see at all.Jacqueline Donnellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13390548854179921303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2662118368553266438.post-13732796154883980912009-08-17T12:22:43.211-04:002009-08-17T12:22:43.211-04:00That purple milkwort is wonderful!!! And the aste...That purple milkwort is wonderful!!! And the aster that's a goldenrod? Hm...stranger things have happened, eh? <br /><br />As for your baby bird, I'm no bird expert, but could it be a type of sparrow? It looks a lot like the babies I found in my yard a couple weeks ago, which our local rehabber believes were chipping sparrows. (I'll be posting their photos soon.)Ellen Rathbonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17684750034177425795noreply@blogger.com