ID Quiz Answers

Next to each photo I've put a comment or two about distinctive ID features of the bird.

1. Yellow-rumped Warbler

Yellow rump and yellow patches on sides of streaky breast.

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2. Chipping Sparrow

Plain breast. Reddish crown, Dark eye-line with white/whiteish stripe above it.

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3. American Goldfinch

Gray front with white under the tail. Two white/whiteish wing bars. Males have yellower head.

Note: In the breeding season (March-October), the birds are much yellower.

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4. Sedge Wren

Streaky crown and strongly streaked back. Short tail often cocked.

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5. Wilson's Warbler

Olive back, yellow front and distinctive yellow eye ring. Black cap on male.

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6. Pine Warbler

Yellow front, usually with olive streaks. Two white wing bars. White lower belly and undertail coverts (not visible in this photo).

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7. Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Tiny (4.25"), with oval eye ring and white wing bar.

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8. Orange-crowned Warbler

Grayish back and paler front, sometimes lightly streaked. Dark eye-line breaks eye ring. The yellow under the tail is distinctive.

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9. Eastern Phoebe

Large, dark flycatcher head. Yellow belly.

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10. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Big white wing bar. White barring on black or brown back. Adults have a red crown.

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11. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Small (4.5"), bright blue-gray bird with white eye ring. Black tail with white edges is often cocked.

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12. Savannah Sparrow

Streaky breast and white belly. Dark eye-line. Yellow on face above beak is distinctive.