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It's a Bunting

I generally ignore anything not holding still as I have had very little luck getting good or even okay photos of anything moving. This Dragonfly, however, was just begging for me to try it seemed. Hovering close but not too close right at eye level or just below I decided to give it shot.

Nevermind this is a female Common Yellowthroat

Carolina Wren

There's something flying onto the tree a few seconds in, but it's hard to see and low resolution. This is far from definitive proof.

Eastern Wood-Pewee, I think.

Traill’s Flycatcher (Willow/Alder). Not separable except by voice and range, but you can expect both at your location right now.

The female Rose-breasted Grosbeaks seem to be dominating the feeders lately. This one successfully chased off the Northern Cardinal, and firmly held her ground when the bigger and noisier Red-bellied Woodpecker flew in a few seconds later.

This could have been funny if my camera was on the tripod, but that would have just been sad because I never would have gotten the shot.

Most certainly

Female House Finch

One of my all time bests, it’s quite crisp(at least for my photos). The knee tripod really does work! Thoughts appreciated https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/573690241?

I wouldn’t call either of these Phillies based off of these photos. I can see it for the first bird, but not the second.

Bank Swallows! Pretty uncommon in the county. They flew super fast, barely had enough time to ID them.

Ratings Appreciated!! https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/574123061 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/574123081

That’s a Chestnut-sided Warbler, one of my favorites!

Yes!

It's an Indigo Bunting

American Redstart female/immature male.

I agree with female/immature Common Yellowthroat.

Look like House Finches to me

Swainson's I think

I see Mink regularly (photos of territorial fighting, mating, plus taking off with a large Mute Swan cygnet despite a fierce defence by the parent) but I had never seen one up a tree. Something different every day.

Looks like Cliff

Yellow Warbler.

Yesterday - two things I hadn't seen before. A Mink was raiding Red-winged nests, saw me coming and flew up an adjacent tree. A Painted Turtle hitching a ride on a Snapper (shooting through reeds).

Their both great! That second photo is amazing though!

2 of something in the upper right just after 40 seconds in. Hard to tell. Birds for sure.

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/574114441 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/574113771

White-winged Scoter!

I just got this one today. I snapped it from across my yard, and the bird was flittering from branch to branch in the top of a pretty densely foliated tree. It was so far away, I couldn't even tell it was a northern parula until I checked my camera!

Juvenile Spizella sparrows are very challenging to separate. If I’m remembering correctly, at times they can be hard to separate in hand. A quick look through Macaulay shows variation, and lots of potential misidentifications. I’m currently not aware of a recent study on juvenile Spizellas, but would lean towards Clay-colored here due to the in distinct white around the eye. Yet, I think it’s currently appropriately assigned to Spizella sp., unless someone wants to provide a detailed and compelling argument one way or another.

In migration birds can pop up almost anywhere, with silent birds during migration it’s best to leave them as Traill’s.

Now at 112, way ahead of last year's 80 at this time.

Nestlings and fledglings of many species have orange-yellow mouths, along with the flesh around their bills (the 'gape'). That's what the parents aim for! These have probably left the nest recently but are still semi-dependent on the adults for food. Other clues they're recently out of the nest is they don't fly very well yet, and will follow their parents around begging with their open orange mouths and flapping wings.

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A grosbeak would have a larger, heftier bill.

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Looks good to me!

Hispid Cotton Rat

Learn to tell time the old old fashion way. Bok Tower in Florida

Love the this song which the young folks on here would consider a Classic. I grew up with John Denver's music and was heart broken when he died. Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed the walk down memory lane.

To me, Warbling Vireos can have dark lores. It’s that Phillys have darker lores than the line behind their eye.

https://ebird.org/tripreport/130910 Yesterday, my father and I went to Corn Creek and up to Mount Charleston, where we saw a good variety of birds. Seven of those were firsts of the year. Black-throated Gray Warbler Virginia's Warbler Warbling Vireo Plumbeous Vireo Red Crossbill Pygmy Nuthatch Mountain Chickadee

Looks like 1st Michigan record of Pecan Bud Moth Lifer Bruce Spanworm Moth in below freezing temps Lifer Snowy-shouldered Acleris Lifer Grote's Pinion Lifer Variable Narrow-wing Lifer Lesser Maple Leafroller Lifer Multiform Leafroller Moth