[Grunting marsh bird]

3 hours ago, Charlie Spencer said:

Don't be.  It's a routine part of learning calls, especially in wetlands.

Haha I know, I’m just kidding. I haven’t mastered the weird sounds of the secretive marsh birds yet. And I sure as hell don’t know anything about the frog calls of Florida.

[Grunting marsh bird]

Sounds good. I’m embarrassed!

[Anhingas or Double-crested Cormorants]

I say cormorant. Its back looks scaly and brown without any white.

[Grunting marsh bird]

This morning I heard a bird grunting occasionally from a thickly vegetated freshwater marsh in Fort Myers, FL. It’s gotta be a rail, coot, or gallinule. Attached are a couple of recordings. Try your best to ignore the grackles.

Thanks!

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[Songbird with buzzy song]

Cool, thank you!

[Songbird with buzzy song]

Hi everyone,

I recorded this bird this morning singing from the treetops in a cypress swamp in Naples, FL. It’s a three-part buzzy song. It was warbler sized, but I only got a very quick backlit look. My best guess is a northern parula singing a weird song… but I’m pretty sure that’s not it. Any other guesses?

Thanks!!

UnknownBirdRookery.m4a

[Unknown shorebird]

Just now, Peromyscus said:

I think the chest is overexposed/in strong sunlight, and I can see streaking on the sides.

Yeah, I think you’re right. The streaking is kind of easy to see in one of the pics.

[Unknown shorebird]

Thanks @Aidan B, @Seanbirds, and @Peromyscus! I thought about pectoral. You don’t think the chest is too bare?

[Unknown shorebird]

I saw this bird among some salt pannes in coastal New Hampshire. It was with a bunch of short-billed dowitchers and that’s what I assumed it was until I got home and looked at the photos. It’s bill is clearly curved downward. It looked bigger than a dunlin and doesn’t have the chest markings of a breeding stilt sandpiper. Any thoughts? Sorry for the terrible quality of the photos.

Thank you!

[Grasshopper sparrow?]

Awesome, thank you both!

[Grasshopper sparrow?]

Hi everyone,

I saw this bird this morning along the coast in a weedy/rocky area in Rye, NH.Is it a grasshopper sparrow? The red in front of the eye is throwing me off. Thank you!Is it a grasshopper sparrow? The red in front of the eye is throwing me off. Thank you!

[Bird calling from dense wetland]

7 minutes ago, Kevin said:

I can move it for you, if you like. 

Thanks @Kevin, but I just posted it over there.

[Bird in a dense Jamaican wetland]

I heard the bird in the attached sound file this morning in a dense emergent wetland in Auchindown, Jamaica. It might be a species of rail/coot/gallinule, but I can’t figure it out. Thanks for the help!

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[Bird calling from dense wetland]

Good advice! I appreciate it, and I’ll give this a shot in the other forum.

[Bird calling from dense wetland]

I heard the bird in the attached sound file this morning in a dense emergent wetland in Jamaica (included in the North American bird forum?) It might be a species of rail, but I can’t figure it out. Thanks for the help!

RailMaybe.m4a

[Scaup]

Yeah, I agree. Thank you both for weighing in. 

[Scaup]

Sorry for another lesser vs. greater scaup post.

I observed these on an impounded section of the Merrimack River in Hooksett, NH today.

For me, judging head shape from these photos is tricky. In the flight shot, there’s not much white in the primaries so I’m leaning toward lesser. But I also notice one of the bird’s flanks are much whiter than the other’s. Is there a chance I have one of each species? 

Thank you all for your help!

[Unknown bird w/nasal call]

Cool, thanks. That makes sense because I heard a blue jay mimicking a broad-winged hawk at around the same time.

[Unknown bird w/nasal call]

Hello,

Attached are a couple of sound files of a bird I heard today (3/2/2022) in a hardwood forest in Woodstock, New Hampshire. It’s a single-note, loud, nasal, whiny call that was repeated every couple of seconds. Any ideas?? 

Thanks!

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[Black-bellied whistling duck?]

Hi everyone, I posted these recordings a couple of months ago but didn’t get too far. I recorded this bird on 11/1/2021 at dawn at Bird Rookery Swamp in Naples, Florida. Try to ignore the clicking sound of my car’s engine!

I’ve spent some time today trying to figure out what this is. The closest match seems to be black-bellied whistling duck. It’s not identical to calls of that species I’ve listened to online, but it’s close. Am I right or wrong??

Thanks for your help!

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[Barrow’s or common goldeneye?]

@chipperatl, unfortunately this was the only shot I have. I lost the bird in the gigantic swells right after I noticed it might not be a common goldeneye.

Thanks to everyone for weighing in! I guess I can't definitively say this is a Barrow's so I entered it into eBird as a common/Barrow's.

[Barrow’s or common goldeneye?]

2 hours ago, Ed hogg said:

Female Goldeneyes can be extremely hard to tell apart. If I had to guess I would say Common, but like I said they are very hard to tell apart so I am not sure.

Thanks @Ed hogg. I know it’s most likely a common given I found it on the east coast. But I’m hoping someone will tell me it’s a Barrow’s.

[Barrow’s or common goldeneye?]

I saw the bird in the attached photo today (1/17) on the coast in Rye, NH after a storm. The bill and head shape look good for Barrow’s, but the bill color points to common. There were 50+ common goldeneyes in the same area, so there’s always the possibility of a Barrow’s being mixed in. Any thoughts? I’d appreciate the help!

[Swallow - cave or cliff?]

Here’s another one I saw from the same general area the day before. It was with some barn swallows so that’s what I assumed it was, but I see now that it’s either a cave or a cliff given the pale/light orange ramp and square-ish tail.

[Swallow - cave or cliff?]

Thanks! I think it looks more like a cave, but they are rare for this location/time-of-year.

Anyone else?