Ovenbird

A couple of weekends ago, my husband was looking out the back window at the feeders. He saw a little bird on the ground under the feeders and set about identifying it. We both looked through binoculars and talked through the field marks. Warbler size and warbler-like bill. Faint olive tones to the gray back and wings. A few streaks on the light breast. Head stripes, with a dark reddish brown central head stripe. The bird tussled with a half a peanut, dropped it a couple of times, then carried it off into the woods.

I went through Sibley's without success. Then my husband found it. A migrating ovenbird. A new bird for us, and what a handsome fellow.