Posted by Barb Pflaum on April 13, 2017 at 8:38 PM
This is a small bird at a small nature preserve near my home in northeastern Illinois. I took this photo today in the late afternoon. I couldn't find anything that looked exactly like it in my bird books.
I have the Merlin ID app on my phone and I installed the Midwest birds to check, and that's what it says. Then I looked at the list of characteristics and then the first photo if you scroll down here:
Posted by Barb Pflaum on April 13, 2017 at 10:46 PM
Thanks, Barbara! I agree it looks like the first photo when you scroll down. Also, this birds behavior was very similar to what was described in the behavior section.
I'm going to download the Merlin ID app to my phone. It sounds like a great way to ID birds.
It is pretty nice, and it now has the option to identify from your own photo, so that's what I did. I took a picture of your photo on my computer and used that.
Another option is for your own photos you can use Dropbox to be able to access the photo from your computer and your phone both, but most of the time it's much easier just to take a picture of the photo on the computer screen with your phone and use that.
Posted by Barb Pflaum on April 14, 2017 at 10:53 AM
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4 repliesThanks in advance for your help.
I have the Merlin ID app on my phone and I installed the Midwest birds to check, and that's what it says. Then I looked at the list of characteristics and then the first photo if you scroll down here:
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ruby-crowned_Kinglet/id
But I could be totally wrong, of course. :)
I'm going to download the Merlin ID app to my phone. It sounds like a great way to ID birds.
Another option is for your own photos you can use Dropbox to be able to access the photo from your computer and your phone both, but most of the time it's much easier just to take a picture of the photo on the computer screen with your phone and use that.