Late Winter Bird Photos

[DonMcJr]

Saw the Eastern Bluebirds were here so I took some Bird Pics in my backyard this morning...

Can you name the 2 I can't?


http://youtu.be/2xGBh7RPjCA

[happy thoughts]

Nice video Don:) Bluebirds are year round residents here. I usually see more in the winter than during warmer weather. Robins are usually among them in the winter. They both love the crabapples. As for your unknown birds. #1 looks like a female cardinal. Not sure about #2 by the beak looks like some kind of finch. I'll look in my bird book and get back to you.

[happy thoughts]

I'm still not sure about #2 maybe a subspecies of junco??? It matches a pink sided junco the best in my book. We don't have them here but I think they are found in the midwest.

Here's a pic of a really odd junco that turned up at our feeder for a year or two a few years back. It shows signs of partial albinism. Sorry, I'm not as talented as you in the video department, lol. It's just a still pic and it took me forever to take it. If you want music, you're going to have to hum something soothing and pretty :)

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[Run Forest Run!]

Don, another wonderful video. The music was so soothing I almost took an unscheduled nap.

Bird #1 is indeed a female cardinal, just like happy thoughts says. I also agree with their identification of bird #2. Juncos come in several colour variations, but the flash of white that you can see under the tail in your picture is my signal that you've got a junco.

[valleyman]

Nice photos. I agree, #1 looks like a female cardinal. And people wonder why we spend all this time making the sweet gold.

[wildlifewarrior]

# 2 is a junco for sure
Mike

[Cardigan99]

I think #1 is actually a Grosbeak.. Pic is kind of fuzzy, but there's good stout beak on that bird. Rare around here. I see them maybe once a year.

Update..

I had to google it. I think you guys are right.. #1 is a female cardinal.

[DonMcJr]

Cool Pic Happy Thoughts! Man I thought Female Cardinal too but the hood is bright Red, beak bright red and bright red spots on the wing... Never saw a Female Cardinal with that much color....

[Run Forest Run!]

It's definitely a female cardinal. I have them here by the dozen. Here's a link to a photo of a pair of cardinals.

http://www.123rf.com/photo_10894171_pair-of-northern-cardinal-cardinalis-cardinalis-in-a-tree.html

[DonMcJr]

Yes it is a female Cardinal...more colorful than most I see here...thanks for the pic!