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Charlie Spencer
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@dragon49, what do use to take photos? Respectfully, the birds in many of them are silhouetted and underexposed. Is your camera able to adjust aperture, shutter speed, or exposure?
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3 hours ago, PalmWarbler said:
I got my first Covid shot today and my arm is already starting to die.
Knock out some push-up; it'll pass.
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4 hours ago, Connor Cochrane said:
Looks like a Western Gull with a messed up bill.
The bird clearly isn't starving so the bill must be functional.
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It's 'pah-roo-LAY'. It's French, mon amis.
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8 hours ago, Bird Brain said:
And your point is????? 😏
The last time I checked, I wasn't.
7 hours ago, Quiscalus quiscula said:Exactly! @Charlie Spencer's profile picture is of a female Pileated anyway! (Unless immature males look the same...)
Yeah, my avatar is. She's the best of my PIWO photos.
Males have a red moustache.
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1 hour ago, Bird Brain said:
Looks more like @Charlie Spencer up a tree to me!!!
Look again; that bird's female.
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As a network administrator, I advise against using flash drives and memory cards for long term storage. They're not reliable over a few years, and they're too easy to lose. If these photos really matter that much to you, I recommend spending the $150+ or so for an external hard drive.
But flash driver or full external hard drive, remember that all you've bought is storage. You haven't bought any backup capability. If something happens to your chosen storage device, you're going to lose everything on it. The best way to protect your data in the long run is to have a second copy. The easiest ways to do that are either to pay for a cloud storage service (you're not going to get two terabytes for free), or to buy a second external hard drive and copy the first drive to it. If you go with duplicating your files on a second drive, you'll have to recopy the first drive periodically. How often is up to you, based on how often you add new data to the first drive. I also strongly recommend storing the second drive away from the first one, either at work or with a family member or friend.
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Incidentally, I'm amazed someone can recognize an unfamiliar call he heard three weeks ago!
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14 minutes ago, Seanbirds said:
How ‘bout “rail sp.” with comments?
Your bird, your call. The sighting is three weeks old, so it's not like you have to make up your mind today with just two opinions.
I (kinda) understand where Hasan's coming from but I report what I think I can positively ID. If that causes others to have negative opinions of me, or the checklist entry to be blocked from public view, so be it. If I can't ID it to my satisfaction, I don't report it; I've left potential lifers ID'ed by others off lists if I couldn't ID the bird myself. As long as I can look myself in the mirror, I'm good.
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Check to see if Merlin has recordings of a similar sounding Sora. If not, report it and reference the Merlin recording.
What do you lose? If you honestly think it was a Black Rail, I don't see a reason to NOT report it.
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4 minutes ago, Aidan B said:
There is both Yellow and Western Palm Warblers.
@insanityslave, don't think the name 'Western' means they're found only in the west. I've seen both subspecies at the same time here in SC.
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53 minutes ago, The Bird Nuts said:
Probably not a juvenile anymore since it has some adult feathers coming in.
Tony? Is that you?
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23 minutes ago, Avery said:
Learning warblers is like listening to Tool.
???
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I've twitched exactly twice, the first time and the last, and I did them both at once. Too much stress.
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Now those look like dogwood leaves!
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11 hours ago, chipperatl said:
not sure the first photo is same bird as other two.
50 minutes ago, RobinHood said:Face markings and streaking appear stronger in the last two photos so perhaps two birds.
I'd swear the bird's feet are on the same spot on the branch in all three photos.
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6 hours ago, meghann said:
*tiptoes into thread, uses the Men In Black memory eraser on everyone about her above post, tiptoes out*
Don't feel bad. I had 1, 3, and 4 as Chipping also.
(But you can feel bad about missing the HOFI!
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You can make out the dark facial mask in this photo. Look for the white triangular central area from the leading patagials tapering back to the end of the belly, bordered by contrasting wide dark diagonal underwing markings. Osprey hover pretty well, too.
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On 9/22/2021 at 11:29 PM, Connor Cochrane said:
Edited Wednesday at 11:31 PM by Connor Cochrane
Spelling so people don't get madSpecies names will be corrected, but nobody's mad. Well, except for maybe 'Canadian Goose'. That one seems to really rot some folks' suet cakes.
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10 hours ago, Lesliemorris said:
Female Ruby-Crowned Kinglet?
RCKI would have a broken eye ring, narrower bill, and strong white-over-black wing bars.
(Also, RCKI photos are much blurrier
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11 hours ago, Aidan B said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but this looks like Common to me, as there appears to be a dark carpal bar in photos 1-3, and the primaries in photo four appear to be dark. The cap also seems to be fine for Common.
Just for clarification, when I said "I don't think it's dark enough for Common...", I meant the bird overall, not strictly the cap.
But I agree with Common for the carpal bars I overlooked.
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On 9/22/2021 at 12:30 PM, Jodi Nielson said:
Yes it was.
Well, I did a quick Google for 'Western Kentucky birding groups' but I couldn't find any active groups. There's a state organization but it appears to mostly active in the central areas. I found references to groups in Hopkinsville and Hartford but those references lead nowhere; apparently those groups are inactive.
That's a shame, because birding with an organized group is one of the best ways to improve your skills.
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6 hours ago, Kevin said:
Also If you get a hard brimmed one it can cause problems with you camera/bins.
This. If you go with a hat, cap, or visor, get one with a flexible brim. Some headgear have a curved rigid visor that blocks bringing your optics up where you really want them.
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27 minutes ago, Quiscalus quiscula said:
Berries are too small, they would be bigger and red when ripe on a dogwood. Never actually seen birds eating dogwood fruit here, actually.
I've seen cardinals and mocks eat them.
Leaves on this plant are wrong for dogwood.
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GWTE?
in Help Me Identify a North American Bird
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Doin' da bump.