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I don't think this is a Gadwall, sorry. It's too small (NSHO 45-41cm, GADW 46-56cm), making it a teal. I can't tell if I'm seeing buffy triangle under the tail or not, so I'd go with Teal Sp.

LeConte’s Sparrow in my yard again!!!!!

After the Bighorn fire in the Catalinas, I went up to the edge of the wilderness below Alamo Canyon just after the first snowfall to take some landscape photos. This Golden Eagle dropped out of the clouds at the top of the canyon and gradually soared down to where I could get a picture. I posted this on the best picture site and it was suggested that I include it in this thread.

Keep in mind that this is most likely a domestic escapee and not a wild migrant. Mandarin Ducks are popular with collectors so they sometimes escape from captivity and pop up in weird places. Since they are short distance migrants it is nearly impossible that a wild vagrant would make it to North America on its own. That being said, I still counted Mandarin Duck on my life list and reported it on ebird, but since they are not yet an established breeding population they are not technically countable and no report of Mandarin Duck is ever confirmed in my county.

Mandarin is correct, note the pale tip to bill, white stripe running from behind the eye, and different structure to the body. I think that's the first time I've gone to the BackYard Chickens forum to help with a bird ID!

Pacific Golden Plover!!!!!

Downy Woodpecker in my yard. Was testing out why my camera wasn't focusing well. After almost 200 out of focused shots, I figured it out. Apparently I always need to shoot with a minimum of f/8

Just finished this piece (acrylics on canvas). "Fluffy" the chickadee is checking it out in the second photo. 😊

Tough to identify since we have no idea of size relative to other gulls, it is difficult to gauge the color of the mantle due to the lighting, we only get to see the bird in one posture, and we can’t really see the plumage pattern of the primaries. Not much information to go off here. Probably best written off as Gull sp. If I had to guess I’d say something in the Glaucous-winged x Herring camp. The primaries are darker than the mantle but appear to be not totally black. The head and bill shape look like a Glaucous-winged or G-w hybrid. The lighting is probably making the mantle look darker than it really is. I’m not sure how far north Westerns and Olympics go, it could also be an Olympic, but I’d go with Cook Inlet (aka Glaucous-winged x Herring). (A Slaty-backed Gull of this age would have a pale iris. You should only identify gulls as Slaty-backed Gulls if they are obviously and unambiguously Slaty-backed Gulls, it’s always possibly to find various confusing hybrids and sometimes some of their features may suggest Slaty-backed. This is definitely not a Slaty-backed and is probably a Cook Inlet hybrid)

Psst! You know there are some Barrow's in that last photo? 😁

What do you think about Common Ground-Dove? That’s what it looks like to me…

Last photo is a Chipping

Sometimes it’s easier to figure out what it is by what it isn’t, if that makes any sense.

Hay! Me and @kansabirdguy are working this side of the street!

American Goldfinch.

Chipping.

Tree Swallows are the acrobats of the bird species. They catch bugs flying at full speed seemingly without slowing down. They are very adept at using their wing tip primary feathers to maneuver. This picture is a good example of their wingtip control.

Northern Harrier. i can se a little white above the tail. also wings are the right shape for harrier.

Welcome to Whatbird! It looks like a Rock Pigeon to me.

I've finally finished editing all 270 photos! Only took me seven hours of strait editing!!! Luckily, I really like editing photos.

Long-tailed Duck!

Today: -Broad-billed Hummingbird continues in Humboldt, IOWA -Great Egret in Rankin Inlet, NUNAVUT (man, hope he goes back south soon.) -Say's Phoebe in Long Island, NEW YORK

Gadwall https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/380991151

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/380980741 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/380980631

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/381271141 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/381271121

White-crowned Sparrow, I believe.

I see a central crown stripe, so I'm guessing a sparrow

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/381217121 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/381216971 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/381216961

Quite the yardbird! Nice pic man!

Good catch.

I think the first one is a Song Sparrow.

Looks like a White-crowned Sparrow.

Agreed, looks like Cassin’s, not Botteri’s.

As a birder I sometimes feel like the tables are turned and I'm the one being watched...spooky! I'm probably just being paranoid right?

Someone may correct me, but I believe they only way to tell the difference is with the tail spread, or if you have a male rufous with a solid orange back.

All chipping.

I don't see what else it could be.

that beak looks more like a crow. @Caley Thomas 2.0 could you lighten it up a bit?

looks like a red-tailed hawk to me.

Pygmy Nuthatch!

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/381018691

Tropical Kingbird Look at that bill!!!

Definitely not those! I can say that for certain.

All Chipping. You know you are getting really good at identifying birds right?

All but 3 are correct. I think # 3 is a swallow

Two beautiful shots @smskelton!

This was taken at Whitewater Draw in Southern Arizona. It is a wildlife refuge where sometimes there are 30,000 Sandhill Cranes wintering there.