Pine? Warbler

[PixelRabbit]

I think this is a female Pine Warbler, they are all over the place right now and not skittish at all, very curious just like the Chickadees.
Would love to hear your thoughts, thanks for taking a look!

 

[Stevepwns]

I dont know what it is, but its cute. Nice capture.

 

[coastalconn]

I'm pretty sure it is a yellow rumped warbler (Myrtle variation) .. There are a bunch of them here also... Yellow-rumped Warbler, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

 

[tirediron]

Yeesh... some people have to complicate everything. It's a BIRD!

 

[PixelRabbit]

Thanks guys

Kris, ah maybe! I looked it up but there are a few that look so similar! We are surrounded by pine so thought maybe... Lol

 

[sm4him]

I'm going with Kris here and saying this is a yellow-rumped, but it's a close call.
The biggest thing is that pretty pronounced yellow spot on its side; female pine warblers tend to not have nearly such a definitive yellow spot--if they have that yellow coloration there at all, it tends to be a bit more diffuse.
The other thing is the bill. Pine warblers have a thicker bill than the yellow-rumped, and while I'm not good enough at ID to tell without comparing it to something else, I think this one isn't quite as thick as the pine warbler's bill.

I don't suppose you got a picture that shows its rump? If it has a yellow spot on the rump, it's definitely yellow-rumped. If there's no spot...well, then the jury is still out.

Whatever...it's a nice photo of a nice bird!

Yeesh... some people have to complicate everything. It's a BIRD!

^Truth.
Man, sometimes I wish I'd *never* started trying to figure out what bird I had a picture of. It's one thing to want to know if you have a sparrow or a bluebird--but there are approximately 46 thousand different kinds of sparrows and warblers--and then for each one, it depends on whether it's male or female, adult or juvenile, breeding or non-breeding.
It's absolutely maddening and I don't know how, nor indeed WHY, "birders" get to where they can just tell as it flies past what it is.

 

[PixelRabbit]

Thanks Sharon, I went through and unfortunately I didn't get her cute little butt in any of the shots, that would have made it too easy! I think you and Kris are on the right track, I'll find some more over the next little while when I'm out and about and see if I can confirm

 

[EricD]

nice shots and details!

 

[PixelRabbit]

Thanks Eric