[Song sparrows]

I saw these birds over the past weekend at the Barnegat Bay Lighthouse in Ocean county, NJ. I think they are all song sparrows, but since sparrows are my nemesis, I thought I should confirm. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

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[Help with Loons]

I saw these birds today at the Barnegat Lighthouse in Ocean County, NJ. Can someone help me figure out which if any are Common Loon and which are red-throated loon? Any hlp would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Help with Eider]

I saw these birds today at the Barnegat Lighthouse in Ocean County, NJ. I thought these were all female Common Eider, but now I see someone reported a King Eider... So the first pic I think is female common, and the second pic has a male common, but after that, I don't know what I'm looking at.. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Your best photo of a bird species.]

[Help with a raptor]

I saw this bird today in Bergen County, northern New Jersey. Is it a Cooper's Hawk?

[Your best photo of a bird species.]

[Help with a gull]

I saw this bird at the Raritan Bay in Middlesex, NJ last week. Unfortunately, I wasn't focused on this bird, and I just noticed it in the background of one of my pics.. It seems to lack the black wing tips I would normally see on a herring or ring-billed gull, so I was wondering if it was something more interesting. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

[Please help identify some birds at the bay]

I saw these birds last week at the Raritan Bay in Middlesex NJ. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I think I have:

1. Ring-Billed gull

2. Lesser Scaup

3. Not sure...also ring-billed?

4. Red-throated loon

5. Great black-backed gull

 

 

[Help with a raptor]

I got these pics today in Central New jersey, along the Raritan River. I saw a peregrine falcon later.. are these pics also of the peregrine falcon? Or is this something else. Any help would be greatly appreciated. The last pic was the falcon, along the water... I'm not sure what its doing... is it eating a rock? Maybe that's shellfish?

 

[Help confirm a Duck ID]

I saw these birds today on the Raritan River in Central New Jersey. Is the bird with the Bufflehead a Common Goldeneye?

 

 

[Odd goose]

I spent the day at Overpeck Park in Northern New Jersey, mostly looking for a pink-footed goose that was reported on E-Bird recently...so I spent a lot of time looking at geese. This one seemed odd with the facial markings, but I'm sure its just a Canada Goose with a very narrow cheek patch... but I didn't know there was such a thing as a pink footed goose until recently....

 

 

[Cackling goose]

I saw these birds today at Overpeck Park in Northern New Jersey. I've had a cackling goose here before. Are any of these also a cackling? The neck and size seem good, but the beak seems long...I just can't tell for sure.. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

[Help with Raptors]

I saw these birds today at Overpeck Park in Northern New Jersey. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

[Fish Crow]

I saw this bird today at Overpeck Park in Northern New Jersey. This time I got video with audio. Is this a fish crow?

[Help with an Ibis]

I saw this bird over the summer at a nature preserve in southern New Jersey. I had these as glossy ibis.. but is the first pic a white faced ibis? I didn't even realize that was a different breed at the time..

 

 

[Help with a sparrow]

I saw this bird today near DeKorte Park, in Northern New Jersey. I think its a young white crowned sparrow, but any help would be greatly appreciated.

[There is no bird here... right?]

I took this picture at a nature preserve in Morris County, NJ. I know there can't be a bird in this picture but I swear it looks like a set of eyes looking out from the top of the opening... this picture has me unnerved...

 

 

[Hep with sparrows]

I saw these birds at Troy Meadows Nature Preserve in Morris County, NJ. I am thinking swamp sparrow and song sparrow, but sparrows always trip me up.. any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Help with a raptor]

I saw this bird today at Troy Meadows preserve in Morris County, New Jersey. I'm thinking its a juvenile red shouldered, but any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

[Fish crow]

I saw these birds at Overpeck County Park in Bergen County, New Jersey. I couldn't hear them because they were a bit off in the distance, but there was a body of water nearby. Is there a way to determine these are fish crow without audio?

 

[Cackling goose]

I saw this bird today at Overpeck County Park in Bergen County, New Jersey. It was smaller than other nearby geese, and its neck and beak make it seem like its worth asking... Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Help with raptors]

I saw these birds today in Bergen County, New Jersey. I believe they are Cooper's Hawks, but any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

 

[Help with a sparrow]

I saw this bird today at the Eagle Rock Reservation in Essex County New Jersey. It was at a distance and behind branches so I don't have a good focus on it. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[TBN Photo Challenge ​🦅]

All of the above are acceptable.