Help Me Identify a Bird

Re: Sedona bird???

PoorMatty — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:21:21 GMT

Could be, I don't think I considered that, but they are in Arizona. I don't know exactly where the range cutoff between lazuli and indigo begins, and I think there's probably some overlap. The wingbars and the overall cinnamon tinge were the main things that made me think lazuli, but indigo is a possibility too. Being in Alabama, I don't really know just what a juvie lazuli looks like.

Re: Sedona bird???

Cavan Wood — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:57:55 GMT

Ah yes, bunting is even a better fit than sparrow. With that fine streaking and whitish throat, could it not be juvenile indigo in Arizona?

Scott

Re: Sedona bird???

PoorMatty — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:07:07 GMT

It's not a flycatcher. With the faint wingbars and tinges of blue that I'm seeing, I would be inclined to call it a female or juvenile lazuli bunting.

Re: Sedona bird???

Cavan Wood — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:45:16 GMT

Seems more sparrow like to me, but I don't know my western sparrows much.

Scott

Re: Sedona bird???

jmmoon — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:43:46 GMT

Looks like a myiarchus flycatcher through the crest shape---very tough to ID with mulberry-stained bill and feathers puffed out. There are at least 3 or 4 possibilities there in May (migration high season).

Sedona bird???

Al in Tacoma — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:13:43 GMT

Taken in early May, near Sedona, AZ