Bird identification

TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
edited April 20, 2009 in Wildlife
These are not my shots. My daughter took them, but has asked for help in identifying the birds. They were taken in the backyard of her home in Jacksonville Beach, Florida.

I'm not much on bird identification, but they look like escaped finches to me; some caged birds that have escaped and are surviving in the "wild". UNKbirds.jpg
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/

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  • dniednie Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 1,351 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2009
    The multi colored one one on the left is a male Painted Bunting... I think the other may be the female, but I am not sure. It resembeles the book, but not exact.
    Ours here should be showing up soon and I can't wait to see one!!
  • TonyCooperTonyCooper Registered Users Posts: 2,276 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2009
    dnie wrote:
    The multi colored one one on the left is a male Painted Bunting... I think the other may be the female, but I am not sure. It resembeles the book, but not exact.
    Ours here should be showing up soon and I can't wait to see one!!

    That fits, according to my "Birds of Florida" book. This is the time of year they migrate back to the Carolinas. They seem to choose the tax season to do so according to http://www.paintedbuntings.org/

    I've never seen one myself. The lower bird on the left seems to be the female according to the book. Fits the picture in the book.
    Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
    http://tonycooper.smugmug.com/
  • raptorcaptorraptorcaptor Registered Users Posts: 3,968 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2009
    I agree with the others that the birds in the photo on left are painted buntings. The bird in the photo on the right is a female Prairie warbler! :D
    Glenn

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  • dniednie Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 1,351 Major grins
    edited April 20, 2009
    Glad you knew, that one threw me and I haven't had time to search for it.
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