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A few days old, but in my defense I just got back from my trip 😛 Black Skimmer with chicks, Navarre, FL by Christopher Clark, on Flickr

Juvenile Pine Warbler... ...and a Monarch. Monarch by The Bird Nuts, on Flickr

1) Juvenile sparrow, probably Song 2) Green Heron

Look exactly like what I saw when in Northern OH about a month ago. About a dozen swarming around an open field. I ID'd them as Northern Rough-Winged Swallow also.

Big Horn mountains, Wyoming

Well not being any kind of experienced bird person, I'm going by childhood and regional knowledge, I'm 61 years old and i was always told these were sparrows by grandpa (other birds on trailer, I'll get better pics of them and post later), in my humble opinion I'm 98% sure ALL the others are sparrows, i think the green that C.Spencer refers to (really bad phone pic) may be the sunflower heads i pull off to feed them, i estimate the flock near me at around 75 - 125, they fill the trees. The thing that threw me was i did not see it's red coloring till it faced me, the picture seems to be brightening the redness, it is much more subtle to the naked eye. also he is solo, no others have been sighted, perhaps he hangs with them for lack of same species company :). thanks again

The first bird is a Black-billed Nightingale Thrush. The second one appears to be a Sooty Thrush. My Costa Rica guide shows them as all-black, but everything else fits, and I wouldn't be surprised if youngsters were brown like this.

Agree with Northern Rough-winged Swallow.

Ignoring the yellow belly which is not a definitive field mark for YBFL, shape/structure looks off for YB here. They usually have a "petite" or "compact" appearance, distinct eyering, and a more greenish coloring overall.

All of our empids show a yellowish belly in fresh plumage (lighting can be a factor as well). This is one of the major pitfalls in empid ID, resulting many erroneous reports of Yellow-bellied. This looks like a Traill's to me.

I think this is a baby Gray Catbird.

NRWS, I think it's the lighting that makes it look a little darker. Looks almost identical to a picture I have of one in my backyard.

Henslow's Sparrow

Notice the stockier, shorter bill.

Oasis, Arizona Ancient Anasazi ruins Canyon De Chelley, Arizona

Prairie Warbler by Mark Goodwin, on Flickr

(Because of the brownish plumage, large, light-colored bills, and large rear ends) 🙂

I think @scall0way is right - one Canada, one domestic Swan Goose (with some domestic Graylag in it), and three domestic Swan/Graylag X Canada Geese hybrids.

Oregon Coast

It's mainly the compact shape and dark breast that make me think phoebe.

1. Not sure, I think Vesper, but possibly Savannah 2. Vesper 3. Vesper 4. Clay-colored

Is it too soon to bump this post ? I'm getting a bit of a Vesper vibe and maybe Lincoln's but sparrows are a challenge for me. I'll wait for the Sparrow specialists... @The Bird Nuts and others.

My most recent lifer (as of this writing) is the Wedge-tailed Shearwater:

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

Well... i guess there is now a time limit to edit a post. After uploading the pics, I wanted to edit to add the species names... but was not allowed to. They are: 1. Red-backed Shrike 2. Mediterranean Gull(on left) with Black-headed Gulls on right(not lifers) 3. Little Owl 4. Black-winged Stilt 5. Greater Flamingo 6. Little Bustard 7. Citril Finch 8. Eurasian Eagle Owl. I have plenty of others, but maybe I'll post another day. And BTW, I didn't want to do a trip report anyway.(shame all the old TR are gone)

And a few more...

Just some of the 117 lifers on a recent trip to Provence, France... Bonelli's Eagles European Bee Eater Linnet Red-billed Chough White Stork Wood Pigeon Euro Black Vulture Griffon Vulture

Black-necked Stilt - May 2018, SW Michigan Lifer Black-necked Stilt by MerMaeve, on Flickr