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Not the best picture, but I was very surprised that I saw one flying! 😮 😄

MN, 9-28-20 Immature Red-tailed Hawk - on the roof :

Kirtland's Warbler in Central NC. I didn't find it but I did successfully locate it.

Finally, a Warbler that was a poser! Magnolia Warbler by Mark Goodwin, on Flickr Magnolia Warbler by Mark Goodwin, on Flickr

Both are Pine. Note the relatively thick bills. Additionally, both of the species that you mentioned have distinctive streaking on the mantle.

Looks like an Eastern Wood-Pewee with the small peaked head, long primary projection, and smudgy undertail coverts.

White Eyed Vireo

Eastern Phoebe. Its dark bill and overall dark coloration are somewhat distinctive.

I caught this Red Shouldered Hawk in a dog fight with what I assumed was an Osprey yesterday in central Florida. I thought the head should be more white though so I am asking for a positive ID. Thanks!

Hi All! I changed the title of this thread to reflect the way it's being used now, to report problems and ask questions. This has worked well for me and hopefully it will be more obvious to newcomers now that this is the place for thay kind of thing.

I'm just waiting for that photo of two different species of warbler @Connor Cochrane knew he was going to get yesterday........😉

Magnolia warbler on goldenrod

This is an oxymoron. The so-called "eclipse" plumage -- better termed alternate plumage -- is worn in summer, thus ducks in their first year of life do not wear the plumage. The bird's red eye identifies it as a male. That it doesn't look like this suggests that it is a first-year bird. The second photo has a Wood Duck and two Blue-winged Teal (note the pale areas in front of the eyes, the low-slung swimming look of all members of genus Spatula, and the wide bills so different from that of Green-winged Teal) The third pic shows two immature male Wood Ducks.

Agreed, and welcome to Whatbird!

These are my thoughts: 1. Both Northern Pintails 2-3. Blue-winged Teals 4. Northern Pintail 5. Northern Pintail with Green-winged Teals on both ends 6. Green-winged Teals

Well, O'wl Swan! This Chat has gone south faster than the Flicker of a Phoebe's tail. @Aveschapines Given our present circumstances, a Dipper of Wild Turkey might Tern us into a flock of Masked Boobies!

They are actually great fliers, even though they spend most of their time on the ground. I was deer hunting one day and flushed a big Tom Turkey from the ground in front of me. He flew across a huge open field and over the trees on the other side before I lost sight of him. It had to have been close to a quarter of a mile, and he was still flying when he went out of sight!!

Yep, Eastern Wood-Pewee

The two ducks in front in the second photo are Green-winged Teal. The rest are male Wood Ducks. Not quite sure of age.

When all the warblers move south I guess we'll have to change the challenge to two waterbirds in the same photo!

The yellow on the rump is bright and contrasts strongly with the dark upper-tail coverts. In fact, the color and pattern on the upper-tail coverts identify it as an adult male.

Also, if you watch teal fly a lot and pay attention, you'll see that Greenies fly differently. First, they're the fastest duck out there, and they fly with very rapid wingbeats.

And extensively in the wing linings The number and placement of the retained juvenile secondaries indicates that this is in its third plumage cycle and fourth calendar year of life.

Yep! The extensive white on the belly rules out Golden.

From your trained eye that is probably true. For me it seems these birds have as many costume changes as a Broadway play. Thanks again for your help!

These are all posted under my topic but don't seem to have anything to do with my original post.

Long-billed Dowitcher.

Yep! Yellow-rumped.

Red-shouldered Hawk mobbing a juvenile Red-tailed Hawk. Cool photos!

Tail pattern and coloration, flank pattern and coloration, the lack of streaking above, the dullness of the neck plumage, the shape of the head, the lack of a real crest all rule out Ruffed Grouse, which see: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/188396501#_ga=2.82541716.30951479.1599863273-1184313056.1549327880

The streaky aspect to the chest on a warbler with yellow underparts, in Wyoming, and with those streaks being vague, at best, really leaves only one option: Orange-crowned. Half of the four subspecies of Orange-crowned have gray heads in many/most individuals, at least in some plumages. The other two are mainly Pacific-slope subspecies.

I’m also leaning Orange-crowned. Streaky breast seems to match. I think there’s a subspecies with a gray/darker head, though I can’t remember where it’s located.

Agreed.

I think they are both Dusky grouse because they lack crests, and because of their overall gray color along with the feather patterns on the flanks.

https://flic.kr/p/26H9uPj

Great Shot!

An Indigo Bunting is correct. The blue tint is not always there; note the plain (not heavily streaked) appearance to differentiate it from a House Finch.

Agreed. On the female, note the white edge of the tail, pale markings on the UT coverts, and broad white edges to speculum.

Bittern Burrowing Owl Inca Dove These are the definition of a lousy photo.

That's a Bay-breasted Warbler. Note the peachy flanks.

It looks pure to me, but I don’t know what I’m talking about.

Just continuing the trend...

Come to think of it, I caught a Lesser Goldfinch levitating one time!! Perchless Lesser Goldfinch by Wayne J Smith, on Flickr

Here you go!

Oh god. These terrible bird puns need to scaup right now.

Cool stuff on this page! I haven't been birding much this year, but I decided to go somewhere new this afternoon. It's a popular walking spot, but I didn't feel self-conscious about carrying my big lens, which was nice. If anything, I wish I could have shown people the results! A raven was hopping around in the distance. After a while, I found some Pygmy Nuthatches (I think?). They were gathering seeds from flowers, and were fairly fearless. I was standing about 10 feet from the flower, and they just kept coming back over and over again.

Pygmy Nuthatch by Connor Cochrane, on Flickr