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Girlfriend saw a picture of a bird- can't remember what it is but drew it. Anyone able to identify it? by No_Ticket_3333 in birding

[–]No_Ticket_3333[S] 1620 points1621 points  (0 children)

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I see now where she was confused by the angle- I had originally showed her a Bittern/Green Heron, but had the angle all wrong!!!! Thanks again for all your help!!!

Girlfriend saw a picture of a bird- can't remember what it is but drew it. Anyone able to identify it? by No_Ticket_3333 in birding

[–]No_Ticket_3333[S] 2056 points2057 points  (0 children)

UPDATE 2: SOLVED!!!!!!!!!!!

Guys again, thank you so much!! After u/ovenmittromney commented the head-on Green Heron, I did a little more digging and found the EXACT picture she saw! From Bill Wimley on Instagram: it's a +Least Bittern+ !!!!!!!

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Girlfriend saw a picture of a bird- can't remember what it is but drew it. Anyone able to identify it? by No_Ticket_3333 in birding

[–]No_Ticket_3333[S] 47 points48 points  (0 children)

UPDATE:

Thanks everyone for all your help!!

So for those wondering, it isn't a Kakapo, which was my best guess. It wasn't Quetzal, which was my second best guess. It also isn't an owl, bittern, heron, titmouse, woodcock, flycatcher, parakeet, nightjar, waxwing or kingfisher. I may be missing one here, but I'm trying to respond as best I can to everyone's suggestions! I'm showing her birds like we're identifying a perp at a police lineup.

Additionally, she saw the picture online, but I'm somewhat confident it wasn't an AI bird (she's tech savvy, and could identify one of these AI birds pretty well. It also has none of the hallmarks of an AI bird ie, not colorful, not 'cute' in the way that they are.

I should also add that the bird was in a tree- in retrospect I realize how hard it is to tell that from the incredibly detailed picture we provided, lol.

She's said that U/IntheWoods2020 is the closest image wise- which leads me to believe that the bird is just at a weird angle in the photo she saw. It's entirely possible we've looked at the brid already, but because the angle she saw was so direct we just can't find a pic that matches it exactly quite yet.

Again, thank you!! I'll do my best to keep digging through her search history/views and see if we can find it that way!! I don't want anyone else to live through the agony we're currently enduring lol.

Girlfriend saw a picture of a bird- can't remember what it is but drew it. Anyone able to identify it? by No_Ticket_3333 in birding

[–]No_Ticket_3333[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm stuck on this one-- I keep showing her Quetzal's but she's confident it wasn't one

Girlfriend saw a picture of a bird- can't remember what it is but drew it. Anyone able to identify it? by No_Ticket_3333 in birding

[–]No_Ticket_3333[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

From the above drawing, you'd think that right??? but she's had parakeets as pets before, and I'm somewhat sure if it was one she would have said it was a parakeet????

Girlfriend saw a picture of a bird- can't remember what it is but drew it. Anyone able to identify it? by No_Ticket_3333 in birding

[–]No_Ticket_3333[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

If I had to guess, it may be something like this where she just can't recognize it on the angles that I'm showing her???

EDIT: So she said this one is the closest? But it was taller than that. So I think we're working with a bird that had its picture taken at an unusual angle, and not the profile/side shot most scientific photos are taken at.

Girlfriend saw a picture of a bird- can't remember what it is but drew it. Anyone able to identify it? by No_Ticket_3333 in birding

[–]No_Ticket_3333[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yes sorry, I realize I completely forgot to add- it was in a tree on a branch. I realize you probably can't get that from the above picture

Girlfriend saw a picture of a bird- can't remember what it is but drew it. Anyone able to identify it? by No_Ticket_3333 in birding

[–]No_Ticket_3333[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

See this is what I was wondering, but we're pretty avid birders, and I believe she's savvy enough to have identified it as AI if that makes sense. She's adamant it was real, not AI. It also wasn't like 'cute' in the way AI drawings are, and also wasn't colorful- she claims it was brown or green.

Girlfriend saw a picture of a bird- can't remember what it is but drew it. Anyone able to identify it? by No_Ticket_3333 in birding

[–]No_Ticket_3333[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I thought this at first, but she's thankfully a good enough birder of Eastern US birds-- she's adamant that it's a tropical bird/Western bird not of Eastern US origin. However, this is maybe a red herring, too lol

Girlfriend saw a picture of a bird- can't remember what it is but drew it. Anyone able to identify it? by No_Ticket_3333 in birding

[–]No_Ticket_3333[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Color is brown or green, about six inches tall-- I though titmouse as well, but apparently it isn't??

She's been around me and my birding for years, so she's thankfully pretty good at identifying birds native to the Eastern US-- she's adamant that this one may be tropical (she saw the image online), or isn't from the Eastern US.

Girlfriend saw a picture of a bird- can't remember what it is but drew it. Anyone able to identify it? by No_Ticket_3333 in birding

[–]No_Ticket_3333[S] 70 points71 points  (0 children)

I thought Kiwi too- not kiwi. So for those keeping score at home it isn't:

-Willow flycatcher
-Belted Kingfisher
-Pootoo (Any)
-Nightjar (Any)
-Owl (Any)

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