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Topic Categories: Birding • Mystery Birds • Photography
Posted on: January 3, 2009 9:59 AM, by "GrrlScientist"
tags: Evening Grosbeak, Coccothraustes vespertinus, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery bird] Evening Grosbeak, Coccothraustes vespertinus, photographed in Skagit County, Washington State. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Marv Breece, 25 June 2005 [larger view].
Nikon Coolpix 4300 1/20s f/4.9 iso100.
Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.
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Comments
Big honking beak? Yellow eyebrow? I think I know what this one is.
Posted by: Russell | January 3, 2009 11:01 AM
Yellow eyebrow, heavy bill, white secondaries...looks like an Evening Grosbeak.
Posted by: Kitty | January 3, 2009 11:43 AM
Ooh, pretty! :-)
Adult male Evening Grosbeak.
Posted by: John Callender | January 3, 2009 12:30 PM
It know that one! It's the one which flaps its wings and flies. If my memory is correct, it's called "a bird".
Posted by: blf | January 3, 2009 12:31 PM
Definitely a Evening Grosbeak! - yellow eyebrow and forehead, big giant beak. A beautiful bird!
Posted by: idbirds | January 3, 2009 2:26 PM
blf - you clearly have no idea what you're on about. Flies are unflappable. And Wings split up years ago.
Posted by: Bob O'H | January 3, 2009 3:30 PM
Brilliant, Bob! :-)
Posted by: Buck | January 3, 2009 4:33 PM
Yellow supercilium; white secondaries; heavy white bill - it's a western Evening Grosbeak (gave it western distinction due to location and because the eastern Evening Grosbeak is a brighter yellow).
Posted by: Margie | January 3, 2009 6:38 PM