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Hello, I am in SW Washington and saw a bright yellow bird with a bold black stripe down its throat and a black stripe back over the head..   I believe it also had a much smaller black stripe above the eye.  It was  almost as big as a robin and had a long pointed beak. I have combed through the images and cannot find ...

http://www.whatbird.com/forums/photos/upload_your_photos/images/99991/original.aspx  I know the image quality isn't the greatest, but this is one of the owls I've seen inhabiting the trees in our back yard. Based on the identifier tool on this site, my best guess would be a northern screech owl. Though I'm not 100% certain. It has ...

You & the others with varied thrush are correct, thank you! I wonder why they only hang out around the evergreens (not enough to call an urban forest) now when the range map has them in Western Washington all year. This blurb is certainly accurate from http://identify.whatbird.com/obj/200/_/Varied_Thrush.aspx The best clue to this bird's ...

I am brand new to birding with our 6-year-old son as part of Cub Scouts and I have to start with saying how valuable this site is with information that has easily helped us identify all our backyard feeders so far... thanks! Unfortunately none of the suggestions in searching by Washington, unusual, flat, trill etc for the calls are coming up ...

(Photo taken: Woodinville, WA, outside of Seattle)This little bird was flapping wildly and getting nowhere today when I went out to refill my bird feeders. Inside now, away from the cats and hawks, and hopefully back to good health soon.Can't identify it, though. Suspect it might be a female immature song sparrow?  

I have been searching the site, and I think the bird that's made itself at home in my backyard this last week is a Varied Thrush! I've never seen this bird before. It's deep orange in front, with a u-shaped crescent around it's throat.  The only bird on this entire site that looks like our bird is the Varied Thrush. Anyone ever seen one? I've ...

Greetings All, I just joined this forum because I saw an intriguing bird in my yard this sunny (yes, we do have sun in WA) Sunday morning. I looked it up in my Washington bird book to no avail. So I came here. The thing is, it doesn't match anything common to this area. This bird most closely resembles the Island Scrub-Jay and the Florida ...