
Lesliemorris
Members-
Posts
99 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Lesliemorris's Achievements
54
Reputation
-
Lesliemorris started following Yellow or Orange-Crowned? Sacramento , Calling All Tri-Colored Blackbird Experts! Northern California , Lesser or Greater Scaup - Sacramento NWR and 5 others
-
I spent quite some time trying to photograph every red-winged and Tri- colored Blackbirds in three colony areas in an area known to have Confirmed Tri-Colored Blackbirds. The males are pretty easy, the females not -so easy. I know some that were easily recognized as Red-Winged Female but these are on the fence? Any help? Also, is there such a thing as a bi-colored? Several of the males displayed ONLY bright red and no yellow or white that I could see even after watching them for a while. Can any of these be confirmed at Tri-colored?
-
Rough-legged Hawk? Sacramento, CA
Lesliemorris replied to Lesliemorris's topic in Help Me Identify a North American Bird
I found another long shot angle of that hawk, it looks more like a Rough-legged now? -
I took this in my backyard, thinking it was a Nuttall's or Downy which I see all the time. It is neither based on color pattern I see. It also does not appear to follow the red pattern for the Red-breasted Sapsucker as it appears that the top of the head may be black. Wish I had more but can you help me guess? Is it just a shadow on the head and its a Red-bellied Sapsucker or is it something else, not sure what else it could be....Image taken Sept 25th this year.
-
I was late and just quickly snapped these as getting in car. Now looking at them they seem such a deep red color that I am wondering if it is a Purple Finch. How do you tell the difference? Thank you! Two life birds for me today! Fox Sparrow and Red-Bellied Sapsucker (I had this one, but finally got a good enough one to call it, I like to have a good image before I claim it, I know its odd....)