Trevor L.

In the last few days: Common Loon, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Common Tern, Bonaparte’s Gull, Red-breasted Nuthatch, American Redstart, Black-and-White Warbler, and Yellow-throated Vireo. Also, apparently my list has been boosted from 349 after Yellow-throated Vireo to 350 due to the changes that are being done on eBird currently. Once I figure out which one effected me, I’ll put it here.

It absolutely is.

Forgot to say, above image courtesy of @bearcat6.

Daaaaaaaaaaaang!!!!!!

I guess so, yeah. I’ll go with Common, since that’s what most are saying. Thanks for the help, and for putting up with the overly-questioning me.

I’m still seeing more orange than red on the tern beak, which would make it better for Forster’s. Unless there’s a high chance of variability in beak color.

Common Terns have red on the bill, don’t they? This bird had a distinct orange color. I should stress that this isn’t me trying to convince myself or anyone that it’s a Forster’s because that would be a lifer. Both options would be lifers. I’m just curious more than anything.

Thanks, BN. As usual, you’re the best!

Seen today in Nisswa, MN. I thought it was a yellowthroat, but someone told me it looked like a redstart.

Is that last Ring-bilked about the bird I described in the second post? Because that bird was much smaller and darker than the Ring-billed Gulls in the area.

Wouldn’t Franklin’s have darker legs, though. All of the pictures I’ve seen shown dark legs. This term seems to have orange.

There was also a small, gull-like bird about the same size as a tern flying around, but I didn’t get a good look at it. I really only saw the wings, which were a very dark gray. Any ideas?

Seen today in Nisswa, Minnesota. First two are same bird and last three are same bird.

Not sure about hummingbird, but the Black-headend Grosbeak is correct.

The bird in those pictures only looks that big because it’s close to the camera.