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Mr. & Mrs Swainson hawk. I wasn't their favorite person to say the least! I think the dark one is a female and the light one is a male. Do the different varieties frequently pair up?

Yellow Crowned Night Heron Fledgling

I am pretty confident. The 4th photo (of the face) especially looks like a Pine Warbler. Yellow-throated Vireos not only have larger bills, they have larger eyes and a more contrasting face pattern. Your bird also appears to have orange feet which rules out vireos (which have blue feet).

Agreed

It's a rather fluffy House Finch.

Prairie Warbler by Mark Goodwin, on Flickr

Osprey Osprey by Johnny, on Flickr

Rhododendrons in the Mt Hood National Forest, Oregon.

Agreed

Looks like a Pine Warbler to me.

I can't really say how many we see on average. We see a lot more raptors during the spring, fall, and winter months. In the summer we maybe see one raptor (mainly Red-tailed, Broad-winged, or Cooper's) every other day.

Pretty sure it's a juvenile (notice the fleshy gape), and I agree with Baltimore.

I asked some experienced birders and I got one Willow Flycatcher confirm.

Oh nice! That's my first time seeing one of these! I'll be interested to see if others can help ID which Flycatcher it is! Thanks!

Well it's a Flycatcher! I'm thinking Willow Flycatcher but Western Wood-Pewee is an option.

I'm not 100% sure, but I think the Leaderboard is a count of reactions(likes, etc.) to your posts. The only reason I could see your count going down is if someone unliked something they had previously liked. I'm not sure what the limit on likes are set to or how unliking a post affects your limit, but maybe someone unliked some of your posts trying to recover likes to use on other posts. I'm just speculating on something I know very little about, so take it with a grain of salt.

The OP's bird is definitely a Chipping Sparrow. American Tree Sparrows have yellow lower mandibles, rufous eyelines, and buffy flanks (and it would be very unusual to see one in the lower 48 in the summer).

looks like a chipping sparrow with that chestnut cap

It's a Chipping Sparrow.

Quick follow up. The young one is still around. As are a couple others. They are flying around the neighborhood calling as I type. No luck with a good pic.

I think the gulls are California, but I'm not sure. I don't see many juvenile California.

I love your quotes. Are they yours?

Thanks Bird Nuts, and thanks for the ID of the plant. I've seen it so much and never bothered to look for an ID, but I was going on a search for it tonight, (got some good pics of bumble bees on it) so thanks for that as well.

That's @MerMaeve's signature; you''ll have to ask her! That's just me being verbose.

Blue Vulture

Eared Grebe

I just wanna reach out and pet'em. Did'ya know... if u click on the picture you will get more clarity by virtue of Flickr.

Carolina Wren

Mossy Grotto Falls in the Columbia Gorge, Oregon

Old Mine Rd. - March 2010 by Greg Miller, on Flickr Wawayanda State Park - Feb. 2010 by Greg Miller, on Flickr

Late February of this year, had some perfect snow for this shot of White River and Mt Hood.