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Not the best picture, but definitely the most interesting bird I have had in my yard.

Yes, an immature White-crowned Sparrow.

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It looks like a male Common Merganser

Last night aurora in WA I sure there are much better pics out there, but we just don't see them very often here.

Pinnated Bittern

Bewick’s Wren

Headin' for mountains and pines today!! Arkansas here I come! Hoping for: Brown-headed Nuthatch Red-cockaded Woodpecker Yellow-throated Vireo and Warbler Some other stuff that I can't think of right now

It has to do with carotenoid pigments in the birds natural diet, typically produced by ornamental plants. Beta-carotene produces yellow and orange colors.

Tree Swallow https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/430250001

Black-crowned Night Heron

Not 100 percent sure, but looks more like Forster's with the black eye patch and long tail. The carpal bar and dark primaries are confusing me, though.

Cape "Jackass" Penguin, South Africa

Male House Finches can range from red through orange to yellow. It depends on how much of a certain mineral they get in their diet, but I can never remember the name of it! The color variations don't have anything to do with the bird's overall health.

Last day for the B's Baltimore Oriole

I love this picture so much. The duck was hissing at the snowy egret for getting too close to his ducky lady friend.

Female Common Merganser

This is a House Finch.

Barn Swallow...streeetcchhh

Best Turnstone shot I got! https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/430530411

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My new NatGeo Complete Guide to NA, 3rd Ed. should be delivered by the weekend. If you'll excuse me, I have to mop up the drool again.

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Note the brown crown stripes, orange bill, and unmarked grayish breast.

Rochester is my neck of the woods - tons of places to go along the lake in April. Braddock Bay can be incredible or dead, obviously depends on the winds. The adjacent owl woods can be pretty fun and it's a nice walk. Lots of public piers to check for shorebirds and waterfowl. If you're up for a 1.5-hour drive east, Montezuma NWR is the best place to be. There is also Iroquois NWR the other direction, about the same distance. It is also a really great spot but concentrates on hiking more than a driving tour. I can go on forever, feel free to PM me if you have questions about specific spots

Black-legged Kittiwake

Ring billed. I want to say it’s a second cycle bird, but I may be wrong on the age. It’s definitely a ringer though.

Black Phoebe

That was changed recently. Now chats are in a separate family.

Seen soaring today Bonus possible leucistic yellow rumped warbler

Cool warbler.

Least Sandpiper

In case anybody hasn't seen this... https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/great-grey-owl-lands-on-camera-1.6397792 Have you ever had a bird land on your camera or taken a picture like that? By the way, I have long thought that Great Gray Owls look like Half Dome in Yosemite, and I'm not the only one. (Warning, if it's needed: that page contains profane language.) There are Great Gray Owls in Yosemite, and maybe someday someone will get a picture with both in one frame, if not in focus.

Black and White Warbler

Here’s a hint! This bird’s feathers look like a Vegan leather purse! ?

Broad-tailed Hummingbird

It doesn't look like either adult male or female

Snowy Owl.......saw fifteen on the trip I took in January and they loved to show me their backsides for the ones who flew away.

Brewer's Blackbird

Nah, I'm much further east, think Albany area.

haha me and my old field guide

This.

Brewer's Blackbird

Yellow-breasted Chat Not actually a vireo, it is a warbler. Look at the bright yellow belly. Also the white near the eye

That’s a lifer plant! These dumb grebes think they’re important.

Black Tern

Belted Kingfisher