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I overlook these guys way too much, they really can be super photogenic. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/487184641

One of my many favourite birds so tough to choose (avoiding those with prey). A poorer quality shot, I just like it.

Northern Mockingbird https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/472374731

Fort Michilimackinak, northern tip of Lower Michigan, Sept. 2020. My only Merlin sighting. Three mediocre photos, this is the best of the lot.

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/487064091

only have one pic of a Merlin

Yellow-billed Cuckoo!!

Ratings appreciated. From NY https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/486994941

Brown Pelican

Spotted Wren

Almost gone...Belding's Yellowthroat

That's a Cape May Warbler.

Well, if you mean contrastingly... Palm Warbler, Nashville (more greenish), Virginia's, Colima, Magnolia (probably the one most confused with YRWA because of this), Cape May.

Blue Jay

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/486995531

The second bird is a juvenile Yellow-rumped Warbler. Look at the bill to start.

I got a Cattle Egret impression, myself, but definitely a wader.

Juvenile Brown Thrasher

Yeah, I've seen House Finches that have some facial contrast like this. The bill shape, proportions, and streaking seem best for HOFI.

Semipalmated Plover

I'm not very familiar with Craig CO but I am with much of the State and I have seen a ton of Great-horned Owls. I cannot recall having seen any this dark. I have seen very light and intermediate. Cool Owl! Two intermediates and a light below given as examples of what I have seen. It would be interesting to learn if the dark are the more common in the Craig area.

This should be the model for an ID request. I think the throat is actually yellow but tough to see and in the second photo I believe the black section under the end of the tail is visible. Tough to argue with your ID of Magnolia Warbler, first winter female.

It’s weeks early for those, right? Either way, the belly pattern looks better for BWTE than either Scaup imo

House Finch for me.

Black-headed Gull

I don’t see these too often

I can't make up my mind. The Red-bellied Woodpecker is a higher-quality photograph, but the first pic tells more of a story and may therefore more appropriately define "best." https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/487418241 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/487418361

White wading bird. Gives me Great Egret vibes. What was the size?

Agreed. 9 is Savannah

As documented in the 'Help with an ID' forum, I picked two warblers on Friday - Wilson's and Magnolia. It was forecast to be the first nice autumnal day in central SC, opening with a low in the mid-50F, so I burned a day of vacation from work. Even at 2:00 it was still only 70F or so when I set out for the local soccer fields. The fields are nothing but there's a good mix of environments around them. https://ebird.org/tripreport/76704

Cape May Warbler

Black-headed Grosbeak

Least Bittern, Interesting habitat.

Pectoral

That sounds like a good idea. One of these days, I need to learn how to use a camera and not just point and shoot. ? I feel like Bill and Ted when they said maybe it's time they learned how to actually play guitar... Why is it that learning how to do something I ENJOY doing is SO boring??? ack........ side note... I'm not sure I understand the moth numbers... there's three numbers there... but, I love that you don't just count birds. I have, a few times, started to list mammals I've seen... and I enjoy ALL the other critters out there... but it's a lot to learn. There's probably a dozen or so butterflies I can identify on my own... and I take a lot of pictures of them. Just wish my brain was more like a computer and retained information more readily. HA.

Yep.

Great Horned Owl. Wild expression on his face!

I've never seen a momma duck giving one of her ducklings a ride before. ? https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/486736421

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/486729531 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/486730461