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I guess I was actually seeing a trend ending. 🤷🏼‍♂️

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birdie 🐦 #380: 🟥🟥🟥🟥🟩⬛ https://birdiegame.net/ I see a trend starting.

It looks good to me, but I'm not familiar with all the subtle differences that distinguish similar looking birds in this family.

This link is probably more useful for IDing purposes. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Hooded_Oriole/id

Did we play the same way? 1: No guess but had suspicions. 2: Wild guess to verify suspicions. 3: Wild guess between one of the two residential family members and got lucky.

The adult male and female Hooded Orioles look different, with juvenile birds looking like the female until male characteristics grow in. This is typical of many species, which makes determining the sex of juvenile birds very difficult, if not impossible, at times. You may hear the term 'female type' now and then, which applies in situations like this where the bird looks like an adult female but might be a young bird of either sex. Learn more about Hooded Orioles here.... https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Hooded_Oriole/overview#

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If it's a juvenile, I don't think a young female can be ruled out. And if so, how?

birdie 🦆 #379: 🟥🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛ https://birdiegame.net/

Are you talking about the same green spot creeping into the wing, or a different green spot? I can see the former but you'll need to be more specific if you mean a different green spot.

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birdie 🐦 #378: 🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 https://birdiegame.net/

Good idea but the before and after photos in this sequence don't show any green. Before After

That's a lot of reflection for being about 4 feet away from any reflective grass below. Thanks for your thoughts though.

I was going through my photos and noticed something odd about this Rose-breasted Grosbeak shot from a few weeks ago. Can anyone help me understand why I am seeing green show through where I should be seeing tail? I see white tail feather tips but instead of those feathers turning black further up the shaft, they're green as if the rest of the feather isn't even there and the background is showing through. There's no photoshop type editing, but it looks like maybe there should be. Did the camera get it wrong, or is there an explanation for the green in the tail that I am missing? I've included the original, unedited photo below. Clicking on the photo will take you to Flickr where clicking on the photo a few more times will fully enlarge it.

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birdie 🦉 #377: 🟥🟥🟩⬛⬛⬛ https://birdiegame.net/

The Red-winged Blackbirds were bound and determined to be a part of my Red-tailed Hawk photos.

Eye will go with this one.

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birdie 🦉 #376: 🟥🟥🟥🟩⬛⬛ https://birdiegame.net/

I could be wrong but at this time of year I'd be inclined to think adult female.

It was while I was shooting the Osprey that I realized just how close that raptor space race is.