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Bird Photo Quiz

Here’s a double photo quiz – your only clues are that they were taken on April 2nd in northern Illinois…

These are what we refer to as “burst rejects” – the load of pictures you get with a digital camera, set on burst, to catch a moving bird. (The second picture is mostly bad lighting and poor angle.)

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  1. Iris says:

    Hmmm, yellow-rumped warbler?

    Posted on: April 2, 2007 @ 6:56 pm

  2. Tim Young says:

    It is a golden-crowned kinglet.

    Posted on: April 2, 2007 @ 10:03 pm

  3. The Birdfreak Team says:

    They are two different birds…

    Posted on: April 3, 2007 @ 7:16 am

  4. Tim Young says:

    The top is the GC Kinglet and the bottom is a BG gnatcatcher. I think.

    Posted on: April 3, 2007 @ 7:45 am

  5. mon@rch says:

    Top one is for sure a Golden-crowned Kinglet but need to continue looking at the second picture!

    Posted on: April 3, 2007 @ 11:00 am

  6. The Birdfreak Team says:

    Tim is correct. The top picture is a Golden-crowned Kinglet and the bottom is a Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (early for them in N. Illinois)

    Posted on: April 5, 2007 @ 12:43 pm

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