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10 pointsSpotted earlier today Happy Thanksgiving, fellow birders. Thanks for your help this year!
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6 pointsI had very few opportunities to shoot lately. This is a little Downy in my backyard this afternoon. I was playing with B&W processing.
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6 pointsWhoping Cranes 2015 Whopping Crane's international crane foundation. by johnd1964, on Flickr
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4 pointsSo 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!
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3 pointsHere is a Yellow-fronted Canary that was on my feeder today. It was here 2 years ago for a few weeks, then disappeared. Didn't see it at all last year, so I figured it was the victim of a predator or something else. It showed up here a few days ago again and today I was able to get a few photos of it. It still has the blue band it was wearing the first time it was here. I'm assuming (I know, I know......) it's the same bird. I think the odds of two different blue-banded Yellow-fronted Canaries showing up here would be highly unlikely! First two photos were taken today. IMG_2505 Yellow-fronted Canary by Wayne J Smith, on Flickr IMG_2508 Yellow-fronted Canary by Wayne J Smith, on Flickr Next two photos were taken in Aug 2017. IMG_9600-001 by Wayne J Smith, on Flickr IMG_9606-001 by Wayne J Smith, on Flickr
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3 pointsThis is an adult Cooper's Hawk. Note the very bulky overall, relatively large, blocky head with a light nape creating a capped appearance (Sharp-shinned would have a dark nape on a rounded head creating a hooded appearance), eyes close to the front of the head, and thick legs.
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3 pointsThis is a Common Goldeneye based on the relatively long and dark bill, shape of the head, and there is also a lot of white in the wing, female Barrow's have less white in the wing (in Common, median coverts are white, in Barrow's, median coverts are gray; also, the white is narrower in Barrow's Goldeneye, only a few secondaries across).
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3 points1. 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
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3 pointsThis 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.
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2 pointsShape/structure is spot on for Herring Gull. Bill and head are too big for Kumlien's. I see no sign of Glaucous influence in the bill. I like washed out Herring.
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2 pointsIf you cannot afford medication for your CBPDS (Carotenoid-Based Pigment Deficiency Syndrome), Astra Zenica can help.
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2 pointsDowny Woodpeckers tend to have a couple small black spots on the white outer tail feathers: While Hairies do not, as seen in your pictures:
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2 pointsThanks for the feedback! I first saw this bird last year and noticed it looked the same (immature plumage) this year. Any idea how old Coopers tend to be when molting to a more adult like plumage? As much as I don't like the thought of my little passerine friends becoming lunch, I really enjoy the chance to see this raptor up close and since he (or she?) seems to have a taste for the house sparrows which are quite plentiful (and, of course, invasive) I am hoping that the hawk sticks around for years to come.
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2 pointsLooks good for Richardson's Cackling Goose. The white neck band has nothing to do with the identification, as it varies individually and across subspecies.
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2 pointsCalifornia in the back of photo 1 and on the left of photo 2. Everything else is a Western.
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2 pointsYep, looks like a domestic to me. I don’t see anything that should suspect a hybridization.
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2 pointsDefinitely a Buteo body shape and tail... so definitely not a Falcon or Acippiter.
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2 pointsIt's been awhile since I've posted anything. Here's a photo from a recent trip to West Virginia.
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2 pointsI am uncertain what this diving bird is. Taken in Northern California USA in November 2019. Thank you for your assistance.
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1 pointMy bad. Looks like it was a Snowy Egret. LOL. I knew there was some icy precipitation involved.
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1 pointThe little bill and size rules out sea monsters ... So it is definitely a bird.
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1 pointYes, 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.
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1 pointCormorant 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.
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1 pointFound at Lake Murray....great spot for birding! Here's the ebird listing https://ebird.org/hotspot/L3675490
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