Easy Bird ID Help Please?

[JH Tugs]

I have a sneaking suspicion this is going to be a major "duh" moment, but I'm drawing a blank on successfully identifying this bird - I find birds that seem plausible but then find things that seem to not match. And then I convince myself I'm getting too complicated and this must surely be something like an extremely common house sparrow or something :)



This image was captured yesterday on my deck in North Georgia. I apologize for the poor quality - it was taken through a window with a screen on it :eek:.

Thank you in advance!

(ETA: I should add that my identification ramblings took me past Palm Warbler and American Redstart, but things just didn't seem right. Thankfully, I know I'm awful at bird identification, so I'm happy to be set straight!)

[Jim Buescher]

Looks like a Yellow-rumped Warbler.

[JH Tugs]

I think you have nailed it, sir - in fall plumage. Thank you! See, told you I was bad at this ;-)

[Jim Buescher]

No sir, you're not "bad at this".... an intelligent person might not know the answer but they know where to look for it.;)

[JH Tugs]

*smiles* Your help is much appreciated either way! Do you think it's fair to say this is likely a female?

[Jim Buescher]

The plumage of both the male and female is similar in the fall and it's hard for me to tell with any certainty from this image if it is a female. Some of the experts on this forum can probably find something to verify if it is a female though.

[JH Tugs]

Thanks! Not sure if this will add much, but here's another angle of the same bird just in case (also through window+screen!):