[Looks like a large Tufted Titmouse]

I always think that the treeline by my house is closer than it actually is. One time I saw what I thought was a red-tailed hawk perched on one of the branches with its feathers puffed up from the cold, but when I went and got my binoculars it was just a fat mourning dove. But I will say, I got a second opinion before I got my binoculars, and the consensus was that the thing definitely looked hawk sized!

[Ducks]

Awesome, thank you! I have never heard of birdforum.net so that’s a huge help!

[Duck, duck, different duck]

No domesticated ducks that I saw. I was thinking immature GWTE as an early winter migrant, mostly because of the coloration and size, but I wasn’t able to get a better picture. 

[Ducks]

Yeah, I posted in the birds outside North America forum as well, but since gwte is a North American bird too, I was hoping I could get a confirmation from this forum since there’s a little more traffic. If it’s not a gwte though, I guessed wrong, and the North American birds forum isn’t going to be much help lol. Thanks anyway! 

[Ducks]

Boost!

[Ducks]

I posted this in the Birds Outside North America forum, but I thought I might post it here too just in case, since I believe this might be a green-winged teal. Let me know if that’s a problem! 

I saw this bird the other day in a group of eastern spot-billed ducks. It was much smaller, and the coloration and the head shape in addition to the size make me think green-winged teal. Spotted in central Japan. 

[Duck, duck, different duck]

Hi, long time listener first time poster for the non-NA bird forum! I saw this duck in central Japan yesterday with a group of eastern spot-billed ducks. This one was the only non-spot-billed in the flock, and it was much smaller and slimmer. My guess is a green-winged teal based on the coloration and how the bill looks in the low-quality photos I managed to get. What do you guys think? 

[Sound ID]

Thanks! I've never seen them this far into town before, so that's pretty cool!

[Sound ID]

Hi all, it's been a while! I heard this bird calling today in a suburban area in southern KY. There were about three of them in the treetops. I couldn't get a great look at them, but they looked to be grayish with lighter bellies, smaller than a mockingbird but larger than a titmouse. They were flying from tree to tree and chattering at each other. They could have been a color besides gray, but it was cloudy today so I'm really not sure. Thanks!

[Highway Birds]

Thanks! I was thinking red-tailed, but I wanted to double check since I couldn't actually see a red tail!

[Highway Birds]

Hi guys, I saw plenty of birds along the highway while driving through Kansas a few weeks ago. I managed to snap a couple pictures (I wasn't driving!) - one hawk, and one power line bird; maybe a meadowlark?

[Beach Bird]

That's what I thought too. Thanks!

[Beach Bird]

It wouldn't be Least, would it? 

[Beach Bird]

Also from the Florida Panhandle a few weeks ago. I think I can see a little bit of yellow on the tip of the beak, but I'm not sure. Sandwich Tern?

[Sandpiper]

I thought it was a goldfish cracker at first, but looking back through my pictures it was definitely a Cheez-it; note the diagnostic ridges on the edge and richer coloration.

[Sandpiper]

Seen in the Florida panhandle a few weeks ago. A fearsome hunter of Cheez-its.

 

[Gull Question]

So I was in Florida a few weeks ago, in the panhandle. I saw a lot of gulls. With the location, the time of year, and the fact that gulls can have so many different forms of plumage, can I assume that most of the gulls I saw, if not all of them, are laughing gulls?

[Florida Birds]

Thanks, I didn't know that! I've only ever seen them around streetlamps ? and @Seanbirds I gotta keep you guys on your toes!

[Shorebird]

Laughing at me? ? Lol thanks!

[Florida Birds]

Thanks! What was it doing at three in the afternoon hanging out in the road?

[Shorebird]

Willet maybe? It was big, almost the size of the seagulls it was standing next to. Also, what gulls are these? This was in Florida a few days ago.

 

[Florida Birds]

In the panhandle, near Destin.

[Florida Birds]

I was just in Florida a few days ago and I saw these grayish birds with white wing bars flying around. I wanted to say they were nighthawks, but they looked too big, and I saw them in the middle of the day. One of them was foraging on a road by the beach.

[Tern]

Seen this morning in Florida.

[Sandpiper]

White-rumped! Awesome, thanks!