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Pine Warbler

Spinus tristis

Photo by HeatherMiller
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Field Notes

Description:

I always want to call this bird an American Goldfinch. It's not. It's a Pine Warbler. I apparently have some plump ones and some skinnier ones that visit my yard.

Reference Links:

Pine Warbler, Life History, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Species ID Suggestions

Pine Warbler

Dendroica pinus
DonnaPomeroy
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Comments (3)
HeatherMiller
Oh thanks, Donna. They are frequent visitors in my yard lately. (Month of January). They like the finch sock. I'm also very new to birding, so I have a lot to learn.
DonnaPomeroy
This is a Pine Warbler. The bill is dark and slender. A goldfinch has a conical bill. The yellowish coloring on the breast and belly are also that of a Pine Warbler. American Goldfinches lose most of their yellow in winter, except for a little on the face. You can also see hints of streaking along the sides on this warbler. The wingbars on a goldfinch are much more prominent. These are very nice pictures of a difficult group of birds to photograph.

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Backyard Birding Southeastern USA
Photographed
PublishedFebruary 1, 2012

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