In honor of the NJMC’s new fall bird-banding season, we thought we’d throw the ultimate Tuesday Teaser at you — 29 photos of birds that Mike Newhouse and his crew banded last year.
Anybody care to take a shot at it? Hint: First pic is of the banding station itself. Another hint — one may be impossible. :- )
OK, here goes…
Top Row: Acadian Flycatcher, Pine Siskin, Northern Harrier, Golden-Crowned Kinglet.
2nd Row: Black-Throated Blue Warbler, Indigo Bunting, ??????, Northern Flicker, Purple Finch.
3rd Row: Swainson’s Thrush, Baltimore Oriole, Dark-Eyed Junco, Northern Parula, Flycatcher Species (?).
4th Row: Black-Billed Cuckoo, Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker, Blue-Headed Vireo, Cape May Warbler.
5th Row: Indigo Bunting, Common Yellowthroat, American Kestrel, Blackpoll Warbler, Pine Warbler.
Last Row: Blue-Headed Vireo, Grasshopper Sparrow, American Kestrel, Red-Breasted Nuthatch, Field Sparrow.
That middle one in the second row is bother me… LOL.
Think the middle one in second row is another Blue-headed Vireo.
It’s similar but the bill looks way too thick, more like a Sparrow or Grosbeak bill, and it has a dark spot at the base of the lower mandible. I’m looking forward to finding out what that one is. 🙂