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.)
All About Birds
{ 6 comments… read them below or add one }
Iris 04.02.07 at 6:56 pm
Hmmm, yellow-rumped warbler?
Tim Young 04.02.07 at 10:03 pm
It is a golden-crowned kinglet.
The Birdfreak Team 04.03.07 at 7:16 am
They are two different birds…
Tim Young 04.03.07 at 7:45 am
The top is the GC Kinglet and the bottom is a BG gnatcatcher. I think.
mon@rch 04.03.07 at 11:00 am
Top one is for sure a Golden-crowned Kinglet but need to continue looking at the second picture!
The Birdfreak Team 04.05.07 at 12:43 pm
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)