Bird ID

[Kain]

I have been noticing many more varieties of birds in my yard since I started killing all the house sparrows and starlings.  Anyone know what this one is.  I dont think I have ever seen one before.

[pianoman9701]

I believe a yellow-rumped warbler.

[Wazukie]

Could be a Audubon's Warbler

[bearpaw]

I'm no birder and just guessing, is it a goldfinch?

[Kain]

I believe a yellow-rumped warbler.

Could be a Audubon's Warbler

Thanks guys you are both right.
http://www.americanbirdguide.com/audubonswarbler.shtml

[Kain]

I'm no birder and just guessing, is it a goldfinch?

Not a goldfinch but I have seen a few of those lately also.  I have not had a chance to take a pic of any yet though.

  FYI the goldfinch is the WA state bird. 

[Wazukie]

I guess if I had actually read my book instead of looking at the pictures, I would've known that they were pretty much one in the same, lol

[boneaddict]

LOL, yep.  Learned that just last week.  I thought I had an AW and a friend at work said Yellow rumped.  I'm like great, then I was educated. : )   Great pics of him.  I had one last week that wouldn't let me get within a mile of him.

[Dmanmastertracker]

 That's the male Audubon's, great job. If you keep killing the House Sparrows, you'll see more variety every year. The House Sparrows are parasitic, they kick other birds young out of their nest's and lay their own egg's in the nest, nasty buggar's.

[Kain]

That's the male Audubon's, great job. If you keep killing the House Sparrows, you'll see more variety every year. The House Sparrows are parasitic, they kick other birds young out of their nest's and lay their own egg's in the nest, nasty buggar's.

Yep I just learned about house sparrows last year.  I knew you could kill them but never knew about them being an invasive species that kills and drives away native birds.  Since then it been war at my house.     Saw a really cool Red headed bird yesterday but didnt have my camera.  About the size of a sparrow but with a bright red head and neck.

[Dmanmastertracker]

 What color was the body? Gray could be house finch, black possibly red breasted sap sucker and yellow, western tanager. Not too many red-headed birds beyond that, the pine grosbeak and purple finch are pretty much all red, as well as the red crossbill.

[dscubame]

That is good to know about the house sparrow.  I shot 3 of them last week because they kept pecking at my house.  I felt bad and like all the birds around so I had mixed feelings....no more mixed feelings and I will now take as many as I can.

[Kain]

What color was the body? Gray could be house finch, black possibly red breasted sap sucker and yellow, western tanager. Not too many red-headed birds beyond that, the pine grosbeak and purple finch are pretty much all red, as well as the red crossbill.

Grey.  Was definitely more finch like than woodpecker. 

[Smokepole]

Glad to hear you are knocking off the starlings, too.  We have a starling trap, which is a birdhouse with a fake floor.  When the starling goes in to look for eggs, he falls through and goes into a 4" pipe shoot, then into a cage at the bottom.  My son checks it every day with his pellet rifle.  He gets quite a few starlings, but never see any house sparrows.

[pianoman9701]

We don't kill any starlings or house sparrows. We've got a big backyard with lots of different birds. I suppose, most birds were invasive at one time. There's really not much you can do about birds flying into your area.

[Dmanmastertracker]

We don't kill any starlings or house sparrows. We've got a big backyard with lots of different birds. I suppose, most birds were invasive at one time. There's really not much you can do about birds flying into your area.

 By invasive, he means that they are introduced, non-native species. house sparrows and starlings can throw the natural ecosystem out of balance by predating on other less aggressive native species, they will actually take entire area's over in competition, which is why they are two of the very few species you can remove at any time. North America went for (0) house sparrows in 1850, to 150 million today. The only species shown to have been able to compete with them is the house finch.

[Kain]

Got a picture of the house finch.

[boneaddict]

Here is one I got today