Bird ID

[SanSaba007]

Was at the deer feeder in San Saba. May be the same bird that took out a squirrel.



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[Walker]

Looks like a cardinal, maybe young and not in full adult color.

[Puncher51]

Either a female cardinal or an immature male cardinal

[ottert]

bluejay or cardinal. Cant really see the color. but from the beak i would say cardinal

[McClain]

Yep, cardinal. Bottom pic appears to be a hawk.

[SanSaba007]

Thanks guys


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[Benno]

Is it just me, or does the first one look really hung over?

[Draco]

The second bird is a hawk of some sort.

[WildThings]

Looks like a pyrrhuloxia to me

[BTLowry]

Thinking same as WildThings on top, pyrrhuloxia

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Pyrrhuloxia/species-compare/

Very similar, could easily be female cardinal too

2nd pic is definitely some kind of hawk but I can't tell from that picture what kind, possibly sharp shinned

[Buckshot-73]

First pic is a female cardinal.

[DUKFVR]

Looks like a pyrrhuloxia to me

This! Saw some on my place in San Saba. There is a difference between them and cardinals. Have seen them close together.

[Patton]

Looks like a pyrrhuloxia to me

Yep

[BlackHogDown]

Looks like a pyrrhuloxia to me

Yup. After browsing the Cornell handbook one morning (sits on the coffee table overlooking the bird feeder), we recently realized we've been misidentifying these as Cardinals for all these years. Oops.

[brandon]

Glad I read this thread. Learned something new today!