Another bird I need help identifying

This one is another bug catcher. Bigger, about sparrow size. Not the best pics in the world, but front and back shots.

Cindy

hmmm looks like a baby cardinal..

This isn't a baby, it's an adult. Haven't seen any baby cardinals yet. Lots of other baby birds though. This one is an expert flier.

Cindy

It's another Empidonax flycatcher. :D (Sounds impressive, doesn't it? :p)

That means it could be one of a number of birds--best distinguished by its call. Have you heard its call, yet?

lol, i had like 6 different sarcastic comments go through my head hazel.....

ok i know nothing about birds.

No, didn't hear a peep from it. It was hunting alone yesterday afternoon, so I guess no one to call to. Didn't see it today.

Cindy

If you hear "fee-be-oh", it's probably an Alder Flycatcher; "fitz-bew" would be a Willow Flycatcher, but they tend to stay more south. Yellow-bellied and Least Flycatchers are smaller, but it could still be one of those. The small ones are hard to tell apart because Yellow-Bellied sometimes sounds very similar to Least--a two syllable "che-bek". But Yellow-Bellied also whistles a two-syllable, ascending phrase. :shrug: I suppose it could be one of the other Empidonax, but those 4 are probably the most likely in your area.

aslan, I want you to drive out there and report back as to what you hear. :crazy:

aslan, I want you to drive out there and report back as to what you hear. :crazy:

:laughing::laughing:

It's bigger than a yellow belly, sparrow size, but not as pudgy as a sparrow, more swallow shaped really. Love the little crested head look it has too.

Cindy

i'll get right on that tomorrow hazel, clm stay outside and listen for me yelling your name.:D

i'll get right on that tomorrow hazel, clm stay outside and listen for me yelling your name.:D

:laughing::laughing: I'll be waiting. :laughing::laughing:

can i get a hint should i start in north or south mississauga.

Have you heard its call, yet?

lol, i had like 6 different sarcastic comments go through my head hazel.....



I got a bird for you
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:laughing:

can i get a hint should i start in north or south mississauga.

Don't confuse me with north and south, :laughing:. Brampton, Mississauga, Etobicoke border. That way no one likes to take responsibility for the roads in the winter. :laughing:

Cindy

I got a bird for you
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:laughing:

Oh you guys are really quick tonight. :laughing::laughing:

:laughing::laughing:

It's bigger than a yellow belly, sparrow size, but not as pudgy as a sparrow, more swallow shaped really. Love the little crested head look it has too.

Cindy

Are we talking English (house) sparrow? If so, I guess it's possible it's a pewee, but they tend to be browner in color and the one you caught in the picutre is greener than the pewees we have around here. :shrug:

ETA: and I don't think the head is relatively big enough for it to be a pewee...