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[rogerVA]

Saw all these this morning here in Central Virginia. Help appreciated.

1. Is this a female Baltimore Oriole by chance?



2. A juvenile Starling or something else?



3. Chirping sparrow?



4. Seemed bigger than a sparrow, but it was high on a branch and I can't be sure.

[TheBillyPilgrim]

1) Prothonotary Warbler
2) Juvie Starling
3) and 4) Chipping Sparrows

[GreatHorn]

1. Prothonotary Warbler (much better!)

2. Yep, I'll agree with Starling

3. Chipping Sparrow

4. Chipping Sparrow

[rogerVA]

Thanks! A bird I'd never heard of..I always like that.
I hope to get a better shot of him/her, if it sticks around.

[Pat B.]

Prothonotary Warbler was my first thought on #1 (my hard-sought, way-out-of-range, lifer yesterday), but aren't the red eyes a little odd? Or is that photographic "red eye"?

[BarnSwallow]

There is no doubt that that's a prothonotary - one of my most-wanted birds! The red eye must be photographic red-eye. Or the bird is possessed by the devil.

[Totah Sam]

• That warbler is absolutely stunning.
• I love listening to the Chipping Sparrow song. It sounds like a ringtone gone mad.

[rogerVA]

Here's the other shot I got of the warbler, since you guys are fans of him/her.