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I have a TON of good DCCO shots, but since that’s what pretty much everyone else has posted so far, I’ll post my only decent photo of a Pelagic Cormorant.

Flightless Cormorant...Galapagos

Can't remember which one I posted for the Double-crested Cormorant week but it wasn't this one. Huntington Beach State Park in November, 2009.

Not a good photo, but here is a Great Cormorant.

My best ever looks at Brant! https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/547023031

Yep! Male Northern Harrier

Loggerhead Shrike: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/546991041

Yep! Those carpal patches don’t leave many options. Add in the thin, hooked bill, and the fact that it’s stooping, and Osprey is your only choice.

Not the best shot but Neotropic & Double-crested

100% a goldfinch.

Red-tailed Hawk. You can actually see the red tail. Plus belly band. Cooper's and Sharp Shinned have long tails and short wings.

I know I've got better than this, somewhere.... But I guess this'll have to do for now.

Some Evening Grosbeaks from here in Sacramento. Incredibly hard birds to find in the central valley. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/547036971 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/547036981

Yes

Wilson’s Snipe confirmed!

The Chaperone

Thanks to @Jagularr, we now have the location and flickr link to this photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/43322816@N08/6378095197 Taken on July, 17, 2011, at Kennebago Lake Mane. @The Bird Nuts, @Liam

Confirmed!

It gives me Goldfinch vibes. Tough shot, with the beak obscured and no back view, but I don't see any evidence of blue or rufous tones; head looks greenish-yellowish, and GISS says Goldfinch to me. Definitely wait for other opinions.

Live from Brunswick County, NC, let's do a bird I saw 103 of yesterday, Cormorants! Any species but only one photo per Whatbirder!

Greater Scaup https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/547023141

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/547023591

No, a Ruff would be bigger when compared to the shovelers. Ruffs are Dowicher-sized. In Sacramento at this date, Least Sandpiper and Dunlin are really the only options as far as peeps go, and unless you're certain these photos are all of the same bird, I'd say you have both here. Photos one, two, and three are Least Sandpipers, and the fourth photo is of a Dunlin.

I'm seeing a Greater Yellowlegs, two Lesser Yellowlegs, a Dowitcher, and a Pectoral Sandpiper.

Long-tailed Cormorant - Kenya https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/547329741

Here's a Pelagic Cormorant https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/446394901

Here's a Brandt's since we don't have one here yet https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/547283671

American Goldfinch. Another classic example of why apps should be regarded as starting points

Based on the size of the bird alone, (in comparison to the RW) should make COGR the only option. Looks good for a breeding male COGR

Farm field; mixed flock of RWBL, COGR, RUBL, and EUST…and a Robin. Farm fields around here typically get foraging mixed blackbird flocks in them, during the early spring. It might be too early for BRBL though. Some records on the bar charts for Michigan, but April is the better month.

Great day: https://ebird.org/checklist/S131228220

@Charlie Spencer @Colton V @SirVive I did my lists with a notebook for the first two years, and I started using the banding codes a little after a year into it to reduce the amount of writing. I didn't have phone capable of running the app, and I carried (still do) a GPS unit to geotag my photos, so I had no trouble getting the distance traveled or the start/end times. In a way, I preferred using the notebook because I couldn't accidentally tap the wrong bird and mess up my counts, I was forced to run a sanity check when entering the data, it didn't have various technical issues or rely so heavily on Google Play Services, I didn't have to unlock it just to add 1 to my Mallard count, and it couldn't run out of battery. However, the app automatically fills in the data I'd grab from the GPS receiver, and the notebook is one less thing I have to carry, which is significant when I'm also hauling around a bulky camera that requires two hands to use. It's also easy with the app to just quickly take down a list at work or some other non-birding function. If I was just a birdwatcher who didn't care about photos or counts, I'd probably still use the notebook.

I agree with Oak Titmouse, that's a pretty common vocalization around here. I hear that call everytime I go birding here in Sacramento.

Northern Pintail.

Today, Killdeer and RWBB are back that is a good sign

Common Merganser♀

Please confirm if possible.

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Common Pauraque

Yeah, the more I look at it the more confident I am that it is a Common Grackle. Just a bit rusty with grackle ID right now. 🙂

I wait until I'm on my laptop to check my lists, but I realize we who prefer computers over phones are in decline.

Was going to post a Cinnamon Teal but I never got around to it...

Should be showing up here in about a month and a half! I think them & Woodthrush are my favorite songs.