Liam

FYI, you should expect Purple only in winter. They won't be in Oklahoma in the Summer.

The curvature of the supercilium suggests some domestic heritage, but otherwise pure Mallard.

Maybe! That's above my paygrade. I decided to go to grad school and study a different imperiled species.

Yeah, that's my bird 😍

Chincoteague Lighthouse Chincoteague light by Liam Wolff, on Flickr Acadia NP Acadia NP by Liam Wolff, on Flickr

Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake by Liam Wolff, on Flickr EDB, Splinter Hill Bog, Baldwin County, Alabama

Barrow's Goldeneyes by Liam Wolff, on Flickr Barrow's Goldeneye, Orono, ME, Dec 2019

Kerri, where are you located? I am a hotspot reviewer/editor for eBird in Georgia. I can get you in touch with your local hotspot editor.

It could very well be an adult female. I admit I have little experience with Western Bluebirds versus Eastern and I know Western females can be patchy.

I agree with Savannah Sparrow given the bill size and streaking on the nape

Might be my imagination, but looks like some yellow on the gape flange suggesting a juvenile bird.

Looks proportionally right for a Western Bluebird. I even see some reddish (?) feathers coming in on the breast. I'd guess a hatch year bird molting out of the spotty plumage into the adult plumage.

Nice behavioral pic too! ATTW peck at an oblique angle and strip bark by angling their head to the side just like pictured here. Often times you can find them by looking for trees that have bark peelings at the base. If the peelings are fresh enough, the tree is likely a favorite foraging tree in a pair's territory.

The band of dark streaks across the belly indicates this is a Red-tailed Hawk. The pale iris suggests a juvenile which would account for the strange plumage, though by my recollection there are some considerably pale Red-taileds out west.

Gorgeous male Violet-green Swallow