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AndyS

(14,559 posts)
Mon Feb 6, 2023, 08:29 PM Feb 2023

Not sure what this one is . . .

Looks like a flycatcher of some kind. I enjoy the way s/he hovers around the suet feeder instead of just landing on it while feeding. Quality isn't on par with some of the other images posted here but I'm evolving and the lighting will be better in the Spring/Summer.



I'll be glad when the spring comes and the tree behind the feeders leaf out and give me a darker background.

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AndyS

(14,559 posts)
2. That name doesn't show up in either of my field guides.
Mon Feb 6, 2023, 08:44 PM
Feb 2023

I did find several flycatchers and based on the bill shape and overall build it looks like a flycatcher of some kind so I'll take your word for it. I'm located in North Texas just north of Ft Worth and I found a few that winter here.

Tree-Hugger

(3,379 posts)
3. You're in the range for it
Mon Feb 6, 2023, 08:54 PM
Feb 2023

Looks like they do hang in central and eastern Texas during breeding season.

Have a peek here:

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Great_Crested_Flycatcher/overview

I am in Eastern PA and see them from time to time in the Spring.

Walleye

(36,371 posts)
5. I had one land near my birdfeeders one time.I got a quick shot of it and had to look it up
Mon Feb 6, 2023, 10:10 PM
Feb 2023

I’m in Delaware.The crest isn’t always obvious in the wings are kind of a flat greenish

Donkees

(32,437 posts)
4. Could it be some kind of warbler? Here's a video of one 'hovering near suet'
Mon Feb 6, 2023, 09:37 PM
Feb 2023






Yellow Rumped Warbler Hovers Like Hummingbird

Yellow Rumped Warbler hovering up close and loud! A little chirp each time it arrives and takes off and the whirl of its rapidly flapping wings. While not able to sustain hovering like a hummingbird, the effort this warbler puts into eating with a certain style is truly admirable. This video is of just one lovely bird that found the suet feeder and would spend the entire day in the tree taking quick hover flights for a bite to eat.
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