What kind of bird is this? UPDATED: CONFIRMED!

[Damn Dirty Ape]

This bird has a nest on the inside of our open porch and laid 3 light blue eggs (very pale blue), they have now hatched and today looks like flight day for the 3 little ones. It doesn't look like a house wren or the like, anyone know for sure what it might be?

thanks

 

[jupiter57]

Judging by the pic of the adult, and the color of the eggs, I would guess Robin.
(Males have a more distinct Orange breast whereas females have somewhat duller, spotted color on the breast)
We had a nest of Robins on the ledge of our kitchen window this spring.

 

[Damn Dirty Ape]

Well this bird is about half the size of a robin actually. Both sexes are almost identical in color, shades of brown and tan. One adult is slightly bigger, leading me to think it is the male.

 

[MrMatt]

It's not a robin, I'm on a shitty monitor right now but it definitely looks like a Phoebe, or possibly a Least Flycatcher. I'll check my birdbooks when I get home and can get on a better monitor

 

[rcpratt]

It's definitely not a robin. Not sure what it is, though.

 

[Born2bwire]

Mystery bird does not care for your voyeurism.

 

[Fritzo]

I know of that bird. In fact, that bird....that bird....BABABABABIRD BIRD BIRD BIRD IS THE WORD BABABABABIRD BIRD BIRD BIRD IS THE WORD

 

[Damn Dirty Ape]

It's not a robin, I'm on a shitty monitor right now but it definitely looks like a Phoebe, or possibly a Least Flycatcher. I'll check my birdbooks when I get home and can get on a better monitor

Ding ding.. eastern Phoebe. Fits it to a 't' thanks!

 

[MrMatt]

Ding ding.. eastern Phoebe. Fits it to a 't' thanks!

np; I just opened this thread at home and it's clearly an Eastern Phoebe. Our monitors at work are too dark to see much detail.

I've never seen a Phoebe nest that close before, that'd be quite a treat if that happened near my house.

 

[Damn Dirty Ape]

np; I just opened this thread at home and it's clearly an Eastern Phoebe. Our monitors at work are too dark to see much detail.

I've never seen a Phoebe nest that close before, that'd be quite a treat if that happened near my house.

it's on our front porch roof tucked up on top of a support column. About 3 weeks ago we went out the front door one night, scared the bird and it flew in the house. Chased it around for about 20 minutes until it tired out, picked it up and put it back outside. This was at 1 in the morning.

The adults spent yesterday and so far today furiously flying from one object to another in the yard with a 'chip' kind of sound, bobbing their tails. No luck yet, but the young are standing up in the nest now this morning completely.

Hopefully today before the adults tire themselves out.

Here are a couple more pics:

 

[MrMatt]

awwww nice pictures.

 

[Damn Dirty Ape]

and this morning as we came out the front door I guess it startled them a bit; they all 3 flittered their ways to different trees. Very wobbly flight but they never hit the ground!

mission accomplished.

 

[Turin39789]

it's on our front porch roof tucked up on top of a support column. About 3 weeks ago we went out the front door one night, scared the bird and it flew in the house. Chased it around for about 20 minutes until it tired out, picked it up and put it back outside. This was at 1 in the morning.

The adults spent yesterday and so far today furiously flying from one object to another in the yard with a 'chip' kind of sound, bobbing their tails. No luck yet, but the young are standing up in the nest now this morning completely.

Hopefully today before the adults tire themselves out.

Here are a couple more pics:

How mad are you that they are shunning your bird house?

 

[Damn Dirty Ape]

How mad are you that they are shunning your bird house?

Actually it has been there for years and has several dried up wasps nests almost filling up the inside of it, need to clean it out. I think these guys would have been a little bit big for the hole that it has anyway though,