Hard to tell if American or Least Bittern. A red wing blackbird showed me where this bird was hiding.
Now I’m thinking female Least Bittern after seeing video on this : https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Least_Bittern/photo-gallery/304476671
Perched upside down on bark of tree about 30 feet from stream in Magruder Park in Hyattsville, MD
I Nat says Purple Finch......I am not sure that it is not a House Finch.
I Nat says Purple Finch......I am not sure that it is not a House Finch.
Ugh, darn mockingbird scared it away before I got a good shot. Probably hermit thrush?