Bird ID?

<p>Can anyone identify this bird. Photo taken in Austin, Texas,</p><div></div>

<p>I did some browsing and would suspect it is a Blue-headed Vireo. </p>

<p><strong>John,</strong><br>

thanks for your input. Much appreciated. </p>

I'm going to vote for female Myrtle warbler (yellow rumped) in winter plumage. The vireo shouldn't have the spots on the

belly.

<p>This is a winter plumaged yellow-rumped warbler.</p>

<p><strong>John and Edwin...</strong><br>

Many thanks. I have looked in my bird book and the choices I came up with were the Vireo and/or the Warbler. I can ask the serious birders in my neighborhood. Again, thanks for your input. </p>

<p><strong>Earl...</strong><br>

Many thanks, I think you are correct. </p>

<p>I once heard this bird referred to by the undignified term "butter butt". Bill, that's a nice shot.</p>

Yellow-rumped Warbler. This is an eastern bird "Myrtle Warbler". Western birds are often referred to as

Audubon's Warbler. Same species but the western one has a yellow throat. I suspect most in Austin would

be the Eastern race, but I don't have the experience of birding in Texas to know how common or

uncommon the Western race would be.

<p>If this is the warbler, shouldn't it have a yellow cap. Even in the winter, I'd expect at least a faded cap.</p>

Not necessarily. Search for fall/winter plumage female Myrtle warbler.

<p>Nice shot. How did you get that close (even with a long lens, you couldn't have been too far away). A little fill flash?</p>

<p><strong>Craig...</strong><br>

Thanks for your comment. This bird flew from a tree to a small pond directly in front of me. He was probably about 20-feet away. I had a Nikon 80-400mm lens on my D750. Discovered that the Yellow-Rumped Warbler is pretty common in central Texas. </p>

<p>I submitted the picture to the Cornell Merlin Bird ID app (http://merlin.allaboutbirds.org/photo-id-help/)<br>

and it identified it as: Yellow-rumped Warbler (Winter/juvenile Audubon's)</p>

<p>So some of you are in good company! </p>

<p>The yellow cap can be quite small and difficult to spot unless you can see the top of it's head. I have taken quite a few pics of these warblers but only managed to see the yellow cap in this one.</p><div></div>

<p>Nick, the Merlin Bird ID app isn't perfect. This is clearly the Myrtle sub-species. The Audubon's has a yellow throat. There are also integrades or hybrids which show some yellow on the throat but have some white as well.</p>