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Your doves are not Mourning Doves, they are White-Winged Doves. They look almost identical to Mourning Doves but notice that white stripe on the bottom of the wing? Mourning Doves do NOT have that stripe. White-Winged Doves are one of the best known Texas birds along with Roadrunners and Scissor-Tailed Flycatchers.

I noticed that .

Ours are one solid color.

Oh mannnn thanks Thorney,, these are here year round,, well I believe they are, they have the blue ring around their eyes. I'll have to look up some older pictures and see if all of them have that white edge to their wings. Thanks for the info!

OMG Diane!!! You got a picture of my pteradactyl!!!!!!!


Keep him down there wouldya?!?

LMBO Okay Lynne I will !

More Butterbutts,, this time at my house spotted it out of the Kitchen window,, at least I think it's a butter butt, But it looks a little different then the ones at work






Oh and Dodge Your Cardinal came to visit me

Angelblossom ,
Oh my handsome bird is there. Long time no see . And he is eating wild bird seeds. Bugger on eats the sunflower ones here.

Are you sure the other is not a finch?

b

I'm waiting on Thorney to confirm Dodge

NOT a Butter Butt! I THINK you might have an Orange-Crowned Warbler, there!!! I thought at first you might have a Tennessee Warbler there, but they are FAR south of the U.S. border this time of year. Orange-Crowned Warblers spend the Winter in Texas and are VERY close in appearance to a Tennessee Warbler. SO I believe you have a female Orange-Crowned Warbler there!

I was wrong....

2 Wongs don't make a White.

Coooool thanks Thorney,, I've seen many of them in the yards and they fly in groups from tree to tree Kinda like the cedarwax wings do,,,, WOW maybe the word has finally gotten out I have food here for them,, I've been putting dried mill worms in the feeders too,, do you think that's why now different birds are showing Up or is it that I have just missed seeing them before?? I've also been using fruit and nut suet cakes,,

Dodge

The Meal Worms WOULD explain the Warblers. They are insect and suet eaters and rely more on a carnivorous rather than a Herbivorous diet.

Angelblossom, I submitted your pictures to they guys at Birder's World who were interested in seeing them. A fellow in Missouri said it could be a Red-Eyed Vireo, but I am VERY familiar with those birds and it is definitely NOT a Vireo.

I do not know birds nearly as well as you do thorny, but no it is NOT a vireo.
isn't it too small for one???

Send that guy Thorns Handbook on Birds.

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I'm with you, Barb----

The census is coming in from Birder's World and it is so far unanimous...Orange-Crowned Warbler. Even Vireo man changed his mind after seeing the pics.

good to know. I've only seen what i think was a red eyed Vireo in my life. it stopped by my feeders out at the farm (prior to Dec 2004) ate & was off. It was fall, right before the hummingbirds left. I immediately looked it up and I am thinking that is what it was.

Thorn wins again......Show that bugger .
We have class on here .

Well Thanks so much I really appreciate you taking the time to confirm, even tho I trusted your initial ID :wink: it's still good to know it was confirmed other wise I wonder why tho I've never seen them here before this year

I've NEVER seen an Orange-Crowned Warbler in person, but have seen dozens of pics of them.

my female Woodpecker was back yesterday. I think it is about time to change out the suet cake.

Good Idea Carol He'll like that!


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