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Not great but a Western Kingbird relatively close https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/459969161 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/459969171

I can't compete with @pictaker's, but I have to go with this Mississippi on her nest. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/163012531

I’d still go White-crowned here. Immature GCSP don’t develop the central crown stripe visible in this photo until they are in a different plumage later in their life. This bird also has a pretty strong eyeline, which GCSP don’t really show.

House Sparrows. It’s always a good idea to start a new thread with new ID requests.

Welcome @dank008! You have a Lincoln's Sparrow and domestic Mallards.

Out State Bird makes another appearance here: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/459957151

Common Loon

First state record Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush for Arizona. Looks like the fourth ABA record from what I can tell. https://ebird.org/checklist/S112996588

It's the lighting. The bird is a Ruby-throated with a tail longer than the wings (https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ruby-throated_Hummingbird/species-compare/66120141)

These should all be Song Sparrows. Fox Sparrows don't occur in New Jersey in June. The third bird lacks the yellow bill that eastern (Red) Fox Sparrows have. The first two might be young birds.

Marbled Godwit https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/317379021

Close bluebird https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/459702291 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/459702271

2 smallest ones are Ross’s Geese. The bigger one I assume is a SnowxRoss’s based on size.

I think @PMurphy you're in Vancouver, right? If so, in addition to Connor's comment above, based on the date this is almost certainly a White-crowned Sparrow. The Golden-crowned have almost entirely cleared out by that point - there have been two sightings of Golden-crowned in June in the last 10 years in Metro Vancouver: one in West Van in 2020 that is a song recording, one in 2012 up at UBC with the comment "seen well". (That said, until I looked at the date I'd been thinking juv GCSP for this bird.)

I'd go with White-crowned as well

Cassin’s Vireo Lewis’s Woodpecker Harris’s Sparrow Lawrence’s Goldfinch does Vaux’s Swift count? Same with Steller’s Jay Clark’s Grebe Bullocks Oriole Ridgway’s Rail Wilson’s Warbler Lincoln’s Sparrow Forster’s Tern Costa’s Hummingbird Brandt’s Cormorants…. Nuttalls Woodpecker Brewers Blackbird Cooper’s Hawk Allen’s Hummingbird Says Phoebe Does this count? Heermann’s Gull Anna’s Hummingbird Bewick’s Wren

Muscovy Duck

GISS is screaming BCHU to me.

Black-chinned Hummingbird.

Could you share a more specific location? As long as its costal it should be an Allen's Hummingbird at this date.

https://ebird.org/checklist/S112655259 The photos are on Mac WITHOUT 'Unconfirmed' tags! The sightings map for WRSA shows my list. Even better, it shows the lists of three friends who saw them yesterday, one with much better photos, so other people got to see them. They're not showing on the list of county birds yet but I think that's a matter of time Thanks, everyone!

@Birding Boy, @Tanager 101

Perfect! Drop a 5 star rating on this one of mine! ? ? https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/422637721

Marbled Godwit

I will add that I think Red-bellied is a better name than naming it after a person. Like how Franklin’s Gull might be better named as “Pink-bellied Gull”. The pink isn’t always there, but it is sometimes.

All Purple Finches and Oregon Juncos.

Allen’s Hummingbird.

Common Tern Common Eider Common Grackle

Yes, they are both adult Green Herons.

You photos loaded now. That is a Hermit Thrush. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Hermit_Thrush

First Limpkin for Indiana https://ebird.org/checklist/S112905328

Thanks for the suggestion! I may experiment with geometric stuff later on - I tried a background like that on the Red-winged Blackbird but didn't like it. Anyway, two more: a Dark-eyed Junco and a Rosy-faced Lovebird. I added more background for the Lovebird but I'm not sure it it makes visual sense. The background was a bit out of focus on the photo. Anyway, those goofy parrots are great.

Broad-billed Hummingbird - Alger County, Michigan - Initial reports, visiting feeder of a hummingbird with red bill.

Galapagos Mockingbirds

Hooded Merganser

I spotted the Strawberry Moon rising over the trees last night so I grabbed the camera, which was sitting right there beside me. I cranked and cranked the shutter speed down until it gave me a decent exposure and started taking hand held shots at 1/30's shutter speed. If I get the chance tonight I will try again with the tripod stabilizing things so that I can try lowering my ISO below 3200.

Mourning Dove

Almost certain I had spotted a few Swallow-tailed Kites earlier this year, but I had no photo evidence, and my views weren't the best, so I didn't take credit for it unitil now: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/459687511

It's a Red-bellied Woodpecker. You can see pink in the center of the belly. The bill is too long for Downy and the head is lacking the various black and white markings of that species. Also, a Downy's belly would be whiter than your bird.

Mallard

Whoops, I had meant to say Northern PINTAIL! My brain did not communicate with my fingers.

I wonder if @Aaron's Kite is a juvenile. ?

I have seen 3 different species of Kite and have photos of all of them so the choice came down to this one because no one else had posted Snail Kite yet. @Johnd I'm jealous of your White-tailed Kite. I don't have it yet. Was hoping to find one last week while in south Florida alas is was not to be.

I wish I knew how to take better photos at the time, as in the four years since I have never gotten anywhere near as close as I did with this kite

(I did see a swallow-tailed kite once in Florida)

Juvie Mississippi Kite

Mississippi. Lexington County, central SC, July 2019. I was on my way home from a hot spot and thought I'd take a shortcut. The bird was perched 25 feet or so above someone's driveway. The homeowner wondered why I was parked in front of his house...