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Hope you don't mind another, Grebes are one of my favorite subjects and I have a lot of images of them! This is one of my favorites because of the early morning light.

Been real busy,great pics everyone

Looks like lots of people have gotten great shots of the grebes 😃 Here are a couple of my faves...

Brandt's Cormorant https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/366042691

More photos that sat forgotten for months https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/365824261 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/365824291 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/365824281

I have better, but this is definitely my favorite!

A few of mine, moon taken through our telescope (a lovely 8 inch dobsonian) by holding my camera up to the eyepiece. Lol. Fuzzy, but. . .Saturn! And the eclipse in 2017, featuring Mercury just to the right of the sun, and a plane on the right.

Or not, let's try again. shall we???

"After all those curls and STILL no bicep??"

These are such cute little birds

You are correct! In addition to range. a northern would have a smaller mask.

Cracked 300 with a nice look at a Least Bittern! The last 100 only took me six years, compared to ten from 100 to 200. Nice. Also added Stilt and Buff-breasted Sandpipers shortly after thanks to a day of birding the MA coast. Haven't had three lifers in the same month since last November!!

Sharp-shinned. Round head with steep forehead, small bill, extensive dark cap covers eye.

Got a Baird's Sandpiper on Sunday! #351

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/365824211 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/365824241

Okay, it seems some general comments need to be made... It is great to have a hearty discussion about a bird, but is NOT okay to personally attack other members, by making fun of them or criticizing how they identify a bird, OR calling them names. If you are annoyed by someone's posts stop reading them and move on. Arguing in the threads is almost NEVER ever productive, it is just going to cause hard feelings. Also please remember every one here is a human, like you. Most of the time people are not trying to start a war with you. Also you probably don't know what life stress and problems they are going through, a little kindness and being forgiving go a long way. Everyone is here because they like birds and birding, and are probably not here trying to attack you. There is room here for everyone as long as you are able to behave yourself.

I believe that they are new feathers coming in after molt.

I’d call it Cassin’s as well

Inner primaries are very narrow and there is almost no buff coloration below. It's a Black-chinned Hummingbird.

Nope, I'm not here to have an opinion. Said I wasn't taking sides. Just dropping the bar charts and disappearing in a puff of smoke.

A New Yorker would say fuhgeddaboudit 😉.

Welcome to Whatbird! Bird size of a single bird can be very misleading. Both Turkey Vultures and Immature Bald Eagles would be all dark and massive looking in flight. Without a picture, it's hard to say more than that, though.

Determined to cheat me out of a lifer, are you?

I am also gunna guess that gunna is not a word and, that we can spell it how ever we want to!😁

I am gunna guess that this thread is listed as "hot" too!

I am gunna guess it is.

What?

Thanks for posting this Kevin! It does bring back a lot of memories! I joined originally in 2008 (my original profile; http://www.whatbird.com/forum/index.php?/user/4669-stitch58/ ). I was brand new to birding then & was more of a lurker but definitely learned a lot here. Don't know if anyone else remembers Vin The Grine but he was a fellow NJ birder & kind of took me "under his wing" at the time. Learned a lot from him but lost touch when he moved out of state. I was also the person that originally suggested starting the Flickr Whatbird group but Rogue Birder was the person that actually ran it. Used to really love participating in the Whatbird Big Year Forum too. It was a lot of fun competing against the other states. Not sure if this is the way he spelled it but anyone else remember SnowyOwl? Thanks again Kevin!

No, ““.

Hairy Woodpeckers are very rare in Sacramento, and the few records that there are from Sac county are all from the Folsom area during the winter, closest to the foothills where they are usually found. It's pretty safe to call anything that looks like this a Downy here in sac.

I joined on Jan 1, 2008. Hopefully there's someone still around that's been on here longer than me. I feel old enough already!!!

I don’t really have anything good even though they’re really common here.

One last thing, PLEASE don't make me need to make these posts very often, I think y'all all know about my spelling and typing abilities, it took me some 20 minutes to decide what I was going to say, and wright it out.

For sure Warbling Vireo

Yes, female Yellow Warbler.

Probably Bairds Sandpiper I think.

yup!

I will have two birds for each question on the poll. Answer the one that you would save from extinction (if it had ever come to that). Most importantly, have fun!!!!

I went in and took a screenshot of mine, for old time's sake. I reread some of the stuff above and realized JimBob was like. . . .12 when I first knew him. 😳

Crab

Forsters have thicker bills and longer tails but most helpful if you see them fly - Common have black on wings. If they are in non-breeding plumage, as these should be, Forsters black head patch still covers the eye but the common black patch looks more like it is on the back of the head behind the eye. I still have trouble with this too. I'm told it gets easier with practice and time.

Black is my favorite color. I find the color black dignified and get more pleasure in spotting Black Vultures than I get in spotting Turkey Vultures. Look how serious these guys are. 🙂

Lucifer Hummingbird

Cali Quail sitting 20 feet away from me. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/365792201

It's a Flam! Cibola NF, NM Spotted Owl, Carr Canyon, AZ Spotted Owl, Miller Canyon, AZ NOPO, Washington County, OR Boreal Owl juv, undisclosed location in Washington state