Reed bunting

[nanila]

This fellow has been visiting the garden for about a week. At first we only had a couple of fleeting glimpses during which we went, "is that a sparrow...?" Today, however, the woodpecker in the previous post knocked a big chunk of fat ball out of the feeder, the little guy suddenly overcame his shyness, and we were able to identify him as a reed bunting.

Comments

[cmcmck]

Trouble is that there are so many 'small brown jobs'. Sparrows and dunnocks look alike until you see them close to. Dunnocks are the ones with the beautiful eyebrows! :o)

[peoriapeoriawhereart]

That's my issue, on top of birds outside of their range per books.

[nanila]

Yep, I'm certain I couldn't distinguish the females!

[yourlibrarian]

That's bird synergy right there 😉

[nanila]

Haha, true! Woodpecker has made a friend for life.

[tree_and_leaf]

Nice!

[nanila]

Yes! I do like the black head, it's quite striking.

[shirebound]

That's a new bird for me!

[nanila]

Me too! I guess I've seen it a fair amount but it feels different once you've identified it, haha.