LBB on a Rock
I think this is a vireo, but am not entirely sure. It is an LBB though (“Little Brown Bird”). 😉
(Postscript: I’ve since been corrected in my identification; this is more likely a Yellow-rumped Warbler instead, and the pics at the Cornell Ornithology Lab site would seem to confirm this).
Vireo on Rock Looking at Camera
Vireo on Rock Looking Out at the Lake
Shot while walking the dog down by Woodbine Beach.
Tags: Bird, Woodbine Beach, Yellow-rumped Warbler
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This is a fall-plumage Yellow-rumped Warbler, not a vireo; the yellowish “wing-pits” are distinct, and all our vireos are long gone by now. This warbler sometimes eats berries in the winter, which is why it stays longer than other insect-eating birds.
Cheers!
Gillian
After taking a look at some of the pictures at: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Yellow-rumped_Warbler/id/ac, I think you are right. That’s one of the problems with “LBBs” (“Little Brown Birds”) — sometimes it almost impossible to correctly guess which type of LBB it is. Thanks for setting me straight!