[What are these shorebirds?]

More specifically, what is the large gull towering over the Forster's? Terns?  Pic was taken several years ago in Augist in western Iowa.

[What's this shorebird]

Thanks very much

[What's this shorebird]

I assume it's a sandpiper.  But which one?  Shots are several years old, taken in August in western Iowa.

[What kind of swallow?]

Thanks guys

[What are these two fledglings?]

They were seen in western Iowa in September 2017.  I'm leaning toward some kind of flycatcher.  But can you really determine Alder, Acadian, etc. at this stage?  I think Eastern Wood Peewee is the most prevalent in this area.  At least that's what I see the most.

[What kind of swallow?]

Thank you

 

[What kind of swallow?]

Seen in May 2020 in western Iowa.  There were Barn, Cliff, and Tree swallows all flying in the area at the time.

[What's the butterbutt?]

Pic was taken in September 2020 in eastern Iowa.  I think this is a female (Myrtle) Yellow-rumped Warbler.  I just needed a 2nd opinion.

[Are these Least Sandpipers?]

3 hours ago, MichaelLong said:

Most are Semi/Western with one Pectoral Sandpiper on the left and a Least Sandpiper in the bottom right

Semi/Western?

[Are these Least Sandpipers?]

Seen at DeSoto wildlife reserve waaay back in April 2021.  Are these Least Sandpipers?

[What's this Plover?]

Never mind.  They both are. But is it a juvenile or non-breeding adult?

[What's this Plover?]

Thanks blackburnian.  Then what's this one?  I've been calling it it a Semi-palmated.  Same location, but in September 2015.

[What's this Plover?]

Seen at DeSoto wildlife reserve waaay back in April 2021.  There were sandpipers around, butt, he was the only plover that was there.

[What's this large duck?]

Are the other two ducks in the lower pic "normal" Mallards?

[What's this large duck?]

Photographed in Council Bluffs, Iowa, way back in November 2019.  Maybe a domestic duck and Crested Duck hybrid?  Intergrade?

[Red-winged Blackbird]

This bird was photographed in NW missouri last week.  Is it an adult female or an immature male?

[What's this heron?]

Unfortunately this is the best photo I managed to get.  It's heavily cropped, and was never in focus to begin with.  The other shots of it are even more out of focus.

[What's this heron?]

Dang it.  Sorry

[What's this heron?]

Seen 2 weeks ago in NW Missouri.  Could this be a Wurdemann's Great Blue Heron?

[Glossy or White-faced Ibis?]

Dang it.  Foiled again.

[Glossy or White-faced Ibis?]

No pinkish red skin between the bill and the eye, eye appears black, not red, legs appear darkish, but not redish. That's why I'm still thinking Glossy.

[Glossy or White-faced Ibis?]

Updating (correcting) my archives, again.  I placed this image in the White-faced Ibis folder, but I think it's actually a Glossy Ibis.  Photo was taken in October 2022 at Loess Bluffs NWR in NW Missouri.

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1 hour ago, MichaelLong said:

Woww!!! I had no idea they had a little red spot on their heads like that!

I didn't either.  Apparently they only display it when there's a predator nearby and/or they feel threatened

[Share Your Best Photo of the Day]

Angry Eastern Kingbird

[Are these Gray-cheeked Thrushes?]

I'm sure you're right.  I did photograph a Swainson's a few days earlier on the other side of the lake.  What threw me was the Merlin App heard two different thrushes. Regrettably, I deleted that file, so can't recall what two thrushes were suggested by Merlin, but I definitely remember that Swainson's wasn't one of them.