[Ui bird, Wateree WMA, SC Mar 2018 c5]

Mourning Dove

[Nelson's Sparrow and a few others]

On 10/3/2018 at 7:34 AM, Nighthawk01 said:

Agreed, but the snake appears to be a Black Rat Snake.

Why do you say this? The snake looks better for Black Racer to me... glossier and head same width as body.

 

[Nelson's Sparrow and a few others]

 

see next post...

 

[Which Finch?]

I agree with all House Finches

[Duck help]

And it is a male.

[Need help identifying birds Mission Peak & Lake Elizabeth Fremont, CA]

Yes... Horned Lark there.

[Red throat and chest bird in Uganda, near Queen Elizabeth NP]

Pretty sure Crimson breasted Gonolek(aka Black-headed Gonolek) and Crimson breasted Shrike are the same species...Laniarius atrococcineus

 

[Help with some Central Florida birds]

Agree with Red-shouldered Hawk, Tri-colored Heron, and Anhinga.

[Swallow?]

Agree with Northern Rough-winged Swallow.

[Young Virgina Rail - Western Mass (Shakey video)]

4 minutes ago, tomahawkt77 said:

If you play the video you will see the 2 smaller birds running across the lily-pads. The picture of the video doesn't really show the smaller birds only the wood duck.

Yeah... I missed them the first time. I went and edited my response.  But based on location and freshwater(given the Wood duck present) I'd say Virginia is probably correct.

 

 

[Young Virgina Rail - Western Mass (Shakey video)]

Well they are rail chicks.. but I am not sure which since Clapper, King and Virginia chicks look similar as chicks.

 

[Sparrows from Ottawa Canada]

Second for Chipping here.

[NJ Bird Whatbird?]

20 hours ago, blackburnian said:

 Nice shot, as rails are notoriously elusive and hard to photograph. 

Not really all that elusive(especially at low tide)...we see them every time. way out on mudflats, right near the reeds and most recently a group of 2 adults and 4 chicks swimming out in the water. Clappers are definitely the most "out in the open" rails. Talk about the other rail species and that is another story.

[Lifers]

Well... i guess there is now a time limit to edit a post. After uploading the pics, I wanted to edit to add the species names... but was not allowed to. They are:

1. Red-backed Shrike

2. Mediterranean Gull(on left) with Black-headed Gulls on right(not lifers)

3. Little Owl

4. Black-winged Stilt

5. Greater Flamingo

6. Little Bustard

7. Citril Finch

8. Eurasian Eagle Owl.

 

I have plenty of others, but maybe I'll post another day. And BTW,  I didn't want to do a trip report anyway.(shame all the old TR are gone)

[Lifers]

And a few more...

[Lifers]

Just some of the 117 lifers on a recent trip to Provence, France...

Bonelli's Eagles

European Bee Eater

 

Linnet

Red-billed Chough

White Stork

Wood Pigeon

Euro Black  Vulture

 

Griffon Vulture

 

[Landscapes]

From recent trip to Provence France... many others(beautiful part of France)