There are several good bird field guides on the market, in bookstores. One is Sibley's, another is Stokes, and another is authored by Roger Tory Peterson. Audubon puts out a field guide to birds in both an eastern and western version, depending on the region you live in. They also have a special paperback on North American Waterfowl. Your local bookstore should have several of these. The Audubon book is fine, except that all of the photos of the birds are in one section, and the text in another, making it inconvenient to use at times when you need to ID a bird quickly. The best bird guides are those that have the pictures and text for each species together, so that all the information is right there alongside the illustration. Almost all field guides contain seasonal range maps so you know which species are most likely to be seen when in your area. National Geographic also puts out a bird book. All of the various field guides have advantages and disadvantages. It's a good idea to have more than one, because what one doesn't offer, another will, and vice-versa. Good birding, and please let us know which ones you find most helpful for you.

I have a small nest in my garden bed tall grass in my front yard that looks just like this with 6 ggs. I am in Louisville Ky. I was cutting the grass back when I saw it. I stopped and tried to move some of the remaining grass back around it. I'm concerned because it's in direct sunlight for most of the day. Will the bird come back to sit on it???

Looks like an Orchard Oriole. Their nests are not as pendant as Baltimore Oriole.

Oh, yea he's hanging out by onions here. The strawberries are off camera to the right, and the tomatoes are in small planters on either side of the planter he's on now. Those are really the only fruit we have that we've had trouble with; we have watermelon and cantaloupe but they birds ever bother them. could be sparrows, we have a lot of those in the neighborhood. this species is the only one that seems to actually stick around in the garden, thought. i probably should have mentioned that I live in south eastern PA.