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I went to see it yesterday but about 100m away, reasonable scope views but not great for photos. This photo shows the prime candidate on the left and a secondary candidate, with a somewhat less bold white supercilium. Lots of discussion with some positive ID features but some not so much. It was in tall grass so no view of the toes (I think someone else reported no webbing). I suspect it will not be confirmed. Looking at other North American reports I noticed a certain @DLecy had seen the California bird.

Heermann's Gull.

Its a kite of some sort anyway 🤣

The wren is a carolina, as for the swallows, not sure,maybe young northern rough winged but thats just a guess on my part, so wait for confirmation from someone else...

Yellow, I think Prothonotories have black beaks, even in young ones...but I have been known to be wrong....LOL

Confirmed, I saw one exactly the same here in Ontario, the barred tail is good for a young Mississippi. 😃

Nah; this isn’t about work. This is important stuff.

Red-tailed Hawk. It looks like it is stunned to me, it's holding itself fairly well from what I can see from the photo. That being said, if it doesn't recover soon I would call a wildlife rehabilitation center. Here's what I found online for a place that will take a raptor near Seattle:

You've got Summer Tanagers!

Yellow

Yes, Robin.

One of my better checklist for in the Sierra Nevada. Three Goshawks! https://ebird.org/checklist/S145717399

House Wrens

I agree with 'young'; it still has training struts.

That has been the hope but it has remained at a muddy patch in the middle of a sod farm field so unlikely to be seen or heard any closer. The consensus seems to be swinging away from a positive ID. Not a problem for me as I'm not much of a chaser, but it's always nice to bump into birders you haven't seen in a while at these events.

There's apparently some uncertainty on this point. A friend sent me this from the Ontario birders discord: E.g. https://ebird.org/checklist/S145775265 I'm curious about @RobinHood's view on all this

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/597925461

Prothos have darker wings and much darker rumps and tails.

Got a random inspiration yesterday to commit to a day trip out to Memphis today. I’m very glad I did! I got a fantastic, though brief, look at a singing male Painted Bunting (lifer!!) at sunrise, then racked up 5 more new species for my state list throughout the day. I’m still going, stopping for food right now, I’ll link the trip report here tonight. And, as a bonus, I’ve seen tons of Mississippi Kites!

Yep! Sure looks like a Lincoln's to me!

Agreed.

Since it had a medium dark back maybe long-tailed is a better fit https://ebird.org/species/lotmea1

birdie 🦅 #434: 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ I have photographed this bird before.

I did! Super cool bird. I was lucky to spend one evening with the bird and after the large group of people left, me and a friend were the last one with the bird and it called, which cemented the ID.

This looks like a Willow to me, especially the grey back and maybe the tuft. Lots of Willow reports around DC but no Alder for this July unless I messed up. Data for a specific location may not be useful (amount of birding there, etc.)

Yeah i don’t remember ever having to log in once since the initial time I joined 3 years ago

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Finally got the Hot Limpkin Summer experience, just 20 minutes away from home too :)

There's a reason people who are really good shots are "snipers".

Russell Burgess Coastal Preserve, Horry County, northeastern coastal SC. 22 July 23. I was aiming for the Willet and didn't even see the photo lifer Whimbrel until I was checking the photos. This is only my second sighting of this species. When I was tagging the photo, I was surprised to see a 'Whimbrel' tag didn't already exist. I checked my library and Macaulay and sure enough, I had no photos of one.

Nazca Booby. It was shrouded in fog which made photography difficult.

Wow! Awesome list. I need to get up to the mountains here!

(This was supposed to be a joke btw, I'm not seriously suggesting this)

😂 Alright then I guess I should correct myself: I should learn my anywhere-but-Michigan birds better

They look like more of a Blackbird than a Meadowlark!

It's not exactly a western bird.... https://ebird.org/map/subfly

Maybe a towhee? I know it’s more of a chestnut color in the sides but just a guess.

I’m not familiar with the distribution of Willow and Alder there, but unless one of the two is MUCH more likely, I wouldn’t call it to species. It’s one of the two though I think.

Um, sir this is not a Social Flycatcher. 🤪

Leucistic juvenile Common Grackle.

I only log on when the site crashing has logged me out. I don't think I have ever logged out deliberately.

Yeah, that sounds likely. It shouldn't be an issue as long as we know what's causing it. Based on the feedback for 2FA, it sounds like most members don't stay logged on as long as I do. I log on and stay on for weeks at a time (not really sure why anyone would log out).

My Darling Bride looked over my shoulder last night and asked, "Are those some type of owl?"

I see/hear both every day and that's a Carolina Wren.

Converting the time into seconds, dividing it by 1.5 to establish the number of intervals, and then multiplying the intervals by the number of birds gives me the same answers as yours.

Ha, yes. The second time I ever saw them my father and I spent 20 minutes looking for them at this spot where 15+ had been reported recently. We looked around these ponds, but couldn't find any. Finally after 20 25 minutes right before we were about to give up we went slogging through some ankle high grass that you sunk down into almost shin high. All of the sudden this little bird with a gigantic bill comes torpedoing out of the grass. I nearly fell backwards into the mud. 🤣 We saw about 15 more, and they all flew near the road that led to the ponds off the highway. We started driving on that road, and we were going to try to get some photos, but as soon as I opened that door, all 26 birds took off.

I usually only see them in flight, and usually hear them yell “eSCAAAAPE” 😉

Same

I just realized we had this thread. Blue-crowned Parakeet in Wellington, Florida: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/592240371