Mark F

Excellent! Thank you! When do these birds sleep?!

Here‘s an audio file (.wav) as an attachment in case people are reluctant to follow a link. This was recorded the day after the one linked above. 2023-04-11 2152.wav

A large flock of birds kept up a constant banter around our ship throughout the night last night. It was way too dark and they weren’t close enough to see clearly, but they appeared to be white-ish. I recorded them (Dropbox link attached) in the hope that someone could ID 2023-04-10 2312.wav . Merlin identifies them as Royal Terns. Sure enough, I see there is a year-round population along the California coast south of Los Angeles where we are. Please have a listen and let me know if you concur. Thanks! 2023-04-10 2312.wav https://www.dropbox.com/s/3dte0njqzue7y9j/Night birds.m4a?dl=0

Funny, it ran just fine when I first uploaded, but now it has to be coaxed to run on my iPhone and won't run at all on my lap top.

Oh that's great! Thank you!

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This video was shot today in the SF Bay Area. I haven’t seen this bird all summer, but have spotted it at least three times in the last couple of weeks. It’s quite small, but bigger than a Least or Western Sandpiper. Thanks! https://forums.whatbird.com/index.php?/forum/2-help-me-identify-a-north-american-bird/&do=add# 66B9ED9E-B080-435F-85B9-DDF02AA4F465.MOV

Thank you all! ?

Sorry for the poor photo. Seen yesterday in SF Bay Area. Thanks!

Many, many thanks to all for your comments and insights!

A similar photo, in case it helps. Someone with a good sense of humor has suggested “trouser hawk”.

I pulled this off my NextDoor feed, shot recently in the SF Bay Area. So far, this bird has been identified as a brown eagle (yes, you read that right ), adolescent golden eagle, Swainson’s hawk, juvenile female red-tailed hawk, peregrine falcon and Cooper’s hawk. The person who appears to be most knowledgeable is saying juvenile female red-tailed hawk. Your thoughts, please.

Thank you!

Thank you so much! That's great. It buzzed my sister-in-law a foot above her head in its hurry to escape some belligerent Bluejays. Mark

This owl was seen today in Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada. Thanks! Mark