Comments on: Identifying Birds

By: Annette

Annette — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:23:02 +0000

I live in Utah and have a strange bird who has just shown up at my feeder. It has a long slightly bent beak, a lighter colored chest covered in large dark spots, and its back looks darker with almost stripes on it. It has bright red near its neck, only seen when it moves it’s neck. It also looks like it has a black band around its neck. Can anyone help me identify it?

By: sophie

sophie — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 03:39:27 +0000

Reggie Roan Eagle What you saw might have been a Stellers Jay.

By: Dick Ampleman

Dick Ampleman — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:57:12 +0000

By the way I live in Florissant Mo and we are on the Mississippi and Missouri fly ways.

By: Dick Ampleman

Dick Ampleman — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 17:54:15 +0000

I just saw a bird in my backyard which I have never seen before. It is slightly smaller than a robin and is mostly black with a pure white belly. At the margin of tha belly and the dark body is a bright blue area about 1/2 inch wide. It is a ground feeder and has a straight yellow beak (1/2inch long) I am a real ameteur and only have a National Geographics “Birds of North America” field guide and cannot find this bird in there. Can anyone give me an identification for this bird? Thanks Dick Ampleman

By: tdhyde

tdhyde — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:08:53 +0000

I just had about 25-30 or more Robins in my back yard. Is it strange to see them this time of year. I’m in the Ann Arbor area of Michigan?????
Maybe this is a good sign!!!

By: Reet

Reet — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:05:54 +0000

I live in Tarpon Springs Florida, and we have a swampy, boggy area behind our house with a lot of huge trees. In the treeline on the farthest edge of this wooded area,we keep seeing a HUGE bird of prey of some type that we can’t identify. I would say it’s wing span is at least 5 feet, maybe more, and we watch it bring food up to the same branch of the same tree every day pretty much. It is not black, more of a dark greyish color, with lighter feather underneath, with some spotty lighter areas on it’s back and underneath. I would guess it is probably about 3 to 4 feet in height, and I probably couldn’t get my arms around it. I have never seen a bird like this! Any ideas?

By: larry

larry — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:04:39 +0000

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By: browny

browny — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:48:22 +0000

Reggie Roan Eagle i think your bird is a Superb Blue Fairy Wren!

By: Birdy

Birdy — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:50:21 +0000

For those of us birders who have an Iphone the Audubon just came out with a new great application to help identify birds. There are great images, range maps and voice examples. Check it out!

By: Reggie Roan Eagle

Reggie Roan Eagle — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:12:29 +0000

i live in ocean shores washington and i seen for the first time a black and blue bird in my backyard and i wanted to know if anyone could tell me what it is. it look like a cardinal but it had a black upper body and a deep blue lower part of its body. i would say about half and half of the colors. it was a bird about a little bit bigger than a robin. thank you for your help.