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Based on a recent post by @corgi, I'm starting this thread for people who simply want to share a photo and a story, and not be ignored, as what happens often to new posts. I tend to find myself not knowing where to post something simply because there isn't a thread for it, so here we are! Share a story, with a photo or video if you have one! I'll start: So here's something pretty cool... my family owns a cabin up in central Idaho, and there lives a ton of foxes! Last winter we had at least 8 on the lot at one time, including silver red foxes and normal red foxes. Photos of them: They can be super goofy at times too! Well, it was only a matter of time... and a strong mom decided to make a den on the line between us and our neighbor's. She successfully raised 4 pups one year, and 2 the next! She even had an issue with her eye at one time, we still don't know if she's blind in that eye or not... Looking bad: Recovered: The pups are the perfect puppy-kitten cross for those who can't decide which they like better!

Young Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.

My first Golden Eagle - Valles Caldera National Preserve, NM

Whoping Cranes 2015 Whopping Crane's international crane foundation. by johnd1964, on Flickr

Hermit Thrush from yesterday:

I actually emailed the Park to ask and this is their reply

Yellow rumped warbler

So Nat Geo and I aren't on the same page. This is what I get when the sun is shining directly into my lens and the subject is inside a dark place. I gotta wait for a cloudy day to try it again. I don't think this pair is going to be going anyplace. This is highly photoshopped!

1. Red-tailed Hawk - the white speckling on the back is a good clue 2. Hermit Thrush indeed 3. Anhinga - with the white in the wings, small head, long thin dagger of a bill with a straight tip 4. Laughing Gull - with the dusky stuff on the head and the kinda dark gray mantle

This is a Hermit. The best hint is time of year; while Hermit can be found year-round in much of California, Swainson's only breeds here and is mostly absent late October - early April. You'll also notice the eye-ring and pale parts on the cheek and throat are whitish, rather than the general buffy wash across this area that Swainson's have. The dark loral/supraloral area is also a good hint - Swainson's have more of a spectacle than an eye-ring, with the area between the eye and the bill a pale buffy.

You're such a boob.

I am uncertain what this diving bird is. Taken in Northern California USA in November 2019. Thank you for your assistance.

Near Abiquiu, NM

Gadwall?

Larger than Ring-billed, less distinct patterning than either Black-backed, plus location suggests Herring Gull to me.

Yes, Wood Thrush. Forster’s, due to the light gray primaries. Semipalmated, due to the white eyering, lack of evident rufous, and relatively blunt beak. Looks like a pure Mottled, due to the black patch at the base of the bill and no white around the speculum patch.

Welcome to Whatbird! I agree.

Female gulls tend to have smaller, more slender bills than males, plus there is individual variation. 1st cycle Iceland Gulls usually have an all or mostly black bill, maybe a little pinkish but just at the base and without the sharp demarcation.

Congrats!

All taken today in lousy rainy weather in south jersey. Thanks in advance... Ipswich savannah? Saltmarsh or nelsons? looks like enough yellow wash for nelsons but I am not sure this might be the same bird Lapland longspur?

Cormorant is Neotropic. Gallinule is Purple. For the geese, I see three Ross’s. The two circled and the 5th bird from the left on the bottom.

Didn't realize the last 4 photos were a different bird. The first two photos are Long-billed for the reasons I said above but I'm unsure about the other bird. The tertials aren't completely plain and I it's not super close to full basic plumage (Long-billed molts first).

Agreed.

Hi Corgi, I usually get on the forum later and don't spend a whole lotta time on most occasions. I don't comment too much but did enjoy your post! G

Agreed.😁

Today in the morning I was running in Brickell Key, Miami and after I finished, I saw a bird that caught my attention, because it looked beautiful. I took some photos and I just sit there watching it and watching the sun and water, after a couple of minutes, I noticed that the bird was approaching little by little until it came really close and start like playing with me, it got into my arm and then into my shoulder. I have videos too, I believe that the bird escaped from somewhere, so I decided to take it home and try to find the owner, I put my finger in his legs and he climbed, so I walked home with him, when I was about to enter my building, the entrance door of the building is a metal one and makes a weird sound when you open it, so when I opened it, the bird got scared and flew away very high and far and I lost sight of it. I published this photos in the Nextdoor App in order to let the owner know where the bird is. But I wonder if you can identify the bird and let me know which type is it? I really do not have any idea, but he had a sweet singing as well.

Today in the morning I was running in Brickell Key, Miami and after I finished, I saw a bird that caught my attention, because it looked beautiful. I took some photos and I just sit there watching it and watching the sun and water, after a couple of minutes, I noticed that the bird was approaching little by little until it came really close and start like playing with me, it got into my arm and then into my shoulder. I have videos too, I believe that the bird escaped from somewhere, so I decided to take it home and try to find the owner, I put my finger in his legs and he climbed, so I walked home with him, when I was about to enter my building, the entrance door of the building is a metal one and makes a weird sound when you open it, so when I opened it, the bird got scared and flew away very high and far and I lost sight of it. I published this photos in the Nextdoor App in order to let the owner know where the bird is. But I wonder if you can identify the bird and let me know which type is it? I really do not have any idea, but he had a sweet singing as well.

thanks for identifying it!, I hope that his owner can recover it! because I think that the bird is missing him/her

Thanks, again. I see chipping now. the black isnt shadow,no sun there today to create shadows,it was raining like the dickens though.

I will add to E-bird now. Thank you.

And the two Turkey Vultures in the second photo.

I agree with AlexHenry!

There doesn't seem to be any reddish coloring to the wings at all. Usually the rufous coloring of the wings is very noticeable on Swamps.

It's a really good bird this far south in CT. Northern Shrikes are somewhat regular in Northern CT in winter, but pretty rare in the southern counties. Nice find! I would definitely put this in eBird.

#2 is definitely a Leach's Storm Petrel. Note the long, more angled wings (the arms are short while the hands are long), pale carpal-bar across the whole wing, long, deeply forked tail, and while watching it, the distinctive nighthawk-like bouncy flight. Also, like Charlie was saying, based on the date and location, the Leach's would by far be the most likely "white-rumped" storm-petrel there.

Not quite. Bills are too long for Cackling. Small Canadas or hybrids.

Maybe Dark-eyed Junco?? 🙂

Found at Lake Murray....great spot for birding! Here's the ebird listing https://ebird.org/hotspot/L3675490

Adult golden eagle. Lucky! Don’t have one on my life list yet!

Eastern Phoebe.

White-throated Sparrow by Mark Goodwin, on Flickr

Nashville Warbler (only my fourth warbler. The others are: Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, and Common Yellowthroat)

Cedar Waxwing Cedar Waxwing by Johnny, on Flickr