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I'm hoping I'm finally getting my grackles right: Boat-tailed Grackle

Tennessee Valley Beach, Marin, California in March of 2020 (just days before lockdown started).

And for my next trick.....Waxwings have to be one of the most photogenic species, always entertaining.

Them is my terms, half your lunch and you can take all the photos you want. https://ebird.org/checklist/S88122434

I made an MP4 version that I am hoping will Embed so everyone can see it without having to download. It downloaded fine on my computer but not my phone. This might work? but we will see. WP_20161229_002_Trim - Ash Throated Fly-Catcher.mp4

I was too far away and the one bird was exiting the frame so I cropped in close and moved the bottom bird into a more appealing composition. It's still not an Almost Good shot, but the interaction was fun to point the camera at. Before After

Yellow-breasted Chat, Couch's Kingbird, Great Kiskadee, Brown-crested Flycatcher, Buff-bellied Hummingbird, White-tipped Dove, Least Grebe, American Redstart, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Long-billed Thrasher, Acadian Flycatcher, Black-billed Cuckoo, Black-throated Green Warbler, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Cerulean Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Philadelphia Vireo, and Yellow-bellied Flycatcher!

Tennessee warbler. Kinglet would have a more obvious, broken eyering, wingbars, and orange feet.

That's nice! I got this but its all separate birds

Thanks! Both of them were a huge surprise. The Spider was pretty amazing. She made 3 eggs sacs, and I got pretty good at figuring out when she's deposit the eggs because her abdomen would get really big, then one day, it was slim again. After the first time that happened I kept an eye on her, and was amazed I found all 3 sacs. She would rebuild part of the web almost everyday. One day she found a eastern tiger swallow tail in the web. Most insects only took a few minutes to drain, but the butterfly took over an hour. The Giant swallowtail was a first for me, and it only stayed in the w

Sorry, user error. I meant to put these in a different category, and I couldn't find a way to delete it. So, here they are.

It's a Gray Catbird.

The most likely species, Acadian, is ruled out by the short primary projection, which also rules out both Alder and Willow. The white throat and breast rule out Yellow-bellied, leaving your answer.

The first video you uploaded worked great. Beautiful footage of that Ash-throated Flycatcher.

Yes. Large bill, darker vest and contrasty throat can help separate these from Wood-Pewee

Yeah, looks like an Alder to me too, but it might be best to leave it as Traill's (which, by the way, is spelled with two L's and an apostrophe).

Before After Just a reminder that software can't manipulate the photo as much as the photographer can.

Northern Waterthrush. Ovenbirds lack the strong supercilium

It's an Ash-throated Flycatcher! And I took a screen shot in case other people can't see the video.

Ready to lead the orchestra. ❤️❤️❤️

Wilson's Warbler, Sierra County California

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/338377151 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/338377201

I wish they'd come out of the shadows....

Veery, a type of thrush

Baltimore Oriole

Tennessee Warbler

A pair of Black-capped chickadees found a nice spot to excavate and build a nest. While one of them was in the tree hole, the other one would be waiting on a nearby branch. As soon as the one in the hole left with a bill full of wood shavings, the other other one went in while the first one waited on a branch. Team work at it's finest!

Great Crested Flycatcher

I would think Baltimore Oriole, as the call could definitely be one, and your description in spot on for a yellowish one.

Yes, with the second one -- with that gray back and head -- being referable to the auduboni subspecies group.

"Just", he says. Ship some of them east, please.

@Birding Boy

Canada Warbler was a lifer for me last week. Even got a few photographs!

Yellow Warbler in the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve, Van Nuys CA this morning. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/338006041

Played around with this one a bit

I continue to be amazed by the color and beauty of these birds. We not have two of the males coming to the feeder regularly!

This spring has not been ideal for pics in Oklahoma but this morning was a wonderful exception. Here is a pair of Cardinals that came to the yard this morning.

Mountain Bluebird, Sierra County California

Hairy x Downy Woodpecker

Yep! They are gulls alright!

My best checklist ever! https://ebird.org/checklist/S88016012

If it was a Spotted Towhee it would be doing something like this and the part I circled is the wing?

It would really help if @IKLland would break this bird down for us.

Me too!

I've never even considered trying to sell photos but occasionally I am asked if it is OK to use my photos (a birding article and a charity event recently) and I think it is great that someone is getting some use from them. When someone here noticed that one of my photos is being used by eBird I was more than pleased about that. @IKLland Just a thought. I noticed for this photo you were using an FL of 140mm and a shutter speed of 1/2,000 which pushed the ISO up to 2,000. A slower shutter speed would have been fine but more than likely you didn't have time to change your settings. I suspect