Oven Birds and Female Redstarts of the Vermilon River. A Post to WBW

Oven Bird.

 The Oven Bird photos were taken on the west side of the river, and the Redstarts were photographed near  what I call the big wetland ( see previous post). The Oven Birds were in a mass of pin cherry trees along with the immature Robins and some Cedar Waxwings, as well as some Common Yellow Throats. All were gorging themselves on the pin cherries.

The Oven Bird is a Warbler also, although certainly not as flamboyant as some of his conferrers. They get their name from the nest they build; the entrance is similar to an oven door. My thanks again to NWO Birds for Identifying the Oven Bird, which I had never seen before.

Rear View

Side View.

Side Back View.

Back View.

Female American Redstart.

Female Redstart

Back View.

Female Redstart

Male American Redstart

I knew what the female Redstart was as soon as I saw her, and only then because of my previous post on Chestnut-sided Warblers and their variation in plumage. She was one of the ones we had to check out in that post, before we made the final identification. These guys are really hard to photograph in a full canopied forest as they flit around to no end, and then the small flock fly off. The male was shot earlier this year, and is for reference only.

A Post to WBW @ http://pineriverreview.blogspot.com/