Trevor L.

The main reason would be that, right now, House Wrens are pretty darn rare in St. Louis. That said, usually when House Wrens do their trill, at least from my experience, they sound more harsh and less musical, and are followed by a few high-pitched single notes.

Carolina Wren

https://ebird.org/species/blbbar1/ https://ebird.org/species/toubar1/ https://ebird.org/species/grbtou1/ https://ebird.org/species/pbmtou1/ https://ebird.org/species/saftou2/ I started looking at barbets, then went over into the toucans.

Looks perfect for a juvenile Snow Goose.

I've got a few cool ones. Dark-morph Red-tailed Another dark-morph Red-tailed ALBINO Red-tailed (I think; pretty sure he's got red eyes) Leucistic robin Weird (leucistic?) Greater White-fronted Goose Fish Crow with an overbite Cross-billed nutcracker

Oh man, going to Idaho left me with SO MANY that I just love. Northern Saw-whet Owl Hammond's Flycatcher Red Crossbill Black-chinned Hummingbird Brewer's Sparrow Lewis's Woodpecker Clark's Nutcracker American Three-toed Woodpecker Canada Jay Spruce Grouse Black Rosy-Finch Pacific Wren

We do what we must

It's a Cali Gull. Legs can look a little pale in second-year birds. Plus, the photo looks to either be in poor lighting, undersaturated, or both.

How has no one touched those yet? Assignment understood.

Probably a Yellow-rumped. They're pretty much everywhere right now.

Nice to see more birders in STL. I live about twenty miles east of STL proper. Best match for the area is probably a mockingbird. Out of curiosity, what did you notice that keeps it from being a Blue Jay?

The money part is the problem for me. I've got an SX70 right now, which cost $500. It's okay, but birds have to be pretty close (~25 yds).

How do you guys get photos this good? All of mine kinda suck.

Look to be all yellowlegs species. I personally can't tell between Greater and Lesser given the photos.

Hooded