I'm having a problem identifying two of the birds at my feeders:

[hedgehog]

Except for the cardinals and the downy woodpecker, all the birds are shades of black, white and gray and tend to hang together. I can identify the chickadee, the tufted titmouse and the nuthatch. One bird that I can't figure out might be a pewee, a phoebe or a gnat catcher. It might be a variant of one of the other species, too.







Then there's this bird I can't find in any of the bird books:

[HopeHoops]

1. Useless without pics.

Wow, I think that's the first time I posted that without it having a sexual connotation.

[Orrex]

2. Possible ID here

The one on the left is Arnold. The other one is Penelope.

[TZ]

3. The pewee has a very distinctive call.

Its a loud PEWEE PEWEE PEEEUR.

[Tracer]

4. Sounds like a Junco.

N/T

[hedgehog]

5. This fellow has a white face and white breast with a black crown

and a very subtle russet just under the tail. Tail and wings are mostly gray with some white. I've seen him feeding upright and upside down on the basket feeder.

We have a mixed wet forest, mostly older red pine with some younger deciduous trees just coming up to the crown of the forest. There are several open patches. Upstate New York.

[XemaSab]

8. This guy?

[hedgehog]

10. That's the bird! What is it?

[XemaSab]

12. It's a white-breasted nuthatch

It looks like you have two nuthatch species at your feeders. :)

[hedgehog]

13. Oh for dumb! There's teh picture right on page 300!

I was thinking the other guy was a nuthatch, so I didn't even look at that entry! Now I want to see the bird I thought was a nuthatch to see if I was right or wrong about him!

You have saved my husband's sanity because now I won't be muttering all day about what bird is that out there.

[TZ]

14. lol. When I see an upside down feeding bird

I immediately think nuthatch or woodpecker. They are notorious for eating that way.

[XemaSab]

15. Or chickadee or goldfinch

:D

[TZ]

19. True.

But they are both easily identifiable without looking at the behavior. Specially the male gold finch!

[XemaSab]

6. Pewees, phoebes, and gnatcatchers would be unlikely at a feeder

Is it one of these guys?



Juncos are generally identified by their stocky stature, whitish bills, and white outer tail feathers.

If it's not one of these guys, how is it different?

[bif]

7. And their call is sort of a clicking sound.

[hedgehog]

9. It could be a junco, but only if a white face and a black crown are some

kind of juvenile or breeding pattern or possibly a variant. I'll try to get a better look at the beak the next time this guy shows up. We are on a migratory flyway; maybe this bird is from the far North?

[rug]

11. His name is Marvin Politsi.

[zanana1]

16. I believe it's called a "squirrel". nt

[hedgehog]

17. i think so, too

;-)

[Arkansas Granny]

18. I get those at my feeder all the time, too. While they are really good jumpers and climbers,

I was surprised to find out that we had flightless birds in my part of the country. And it's feathers are so fine that it's almost like fur. It has me stumped, too. I haven't found them in any of my bird books.