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Singing Lessons...

Aug. 6, 2020

[Black-White-Gray Little Bird]

Thanks Benjamin and Colton.

It's interesting that it didn't come up in my search on WhatBird.  I must have specified something that excluded it.

Thanks again.

[Black-White-Gray Little Bird]

This was taken on 9-24-2020 about 10 am in Glendale, CA.

It seems like this is distinctive enough that I should be able to identify it, but I'm coming up short.

[Help with ID]

Thanks akandula.

Having not photographed a bluebird before, that's not a very good image to use to try to identify one.

[Help with ID]

Taken on 9-27-2020 around 5 pm in El Cajon, CA (San Diego County).

 

 

[House Sparrow ?]

Thanks Conner and Avery.

[House Sparrow ?]

Taken on 9-27-2020 around 10 am in El Cajon, CA (San Diego County).

Are the first 3 photos of a House Sparrow or something else?  The bill color has me questioning it.

And is the 4th photo a female of the same species?

Thanks.

[What Kingbird?]

Thanks Akandula. 

No wonder I was confused.  I was expecting them to be the same species since they were hanging out together.

[What Kingbird?]

I appear to have some Kingbirds, but I'm not sure what species.

These were taken in the late afternoon on 9-27-2020 in El Cajon, CA (San Diego County).

I saw at least 4 different individuals -- but the photos appear to be of two individuals.

[Yellow-rumped Warblers ?]

Thanks Tony. 

There actually was a bird that I had identified as an Orange-crowned taken about 15 minutes later.

[Yellow-rumped Warblers ?]

Let me add a couple more photos.

The bird from the first photo previously submitted is in the lower right and another bird (which may or may not be the bird from the second photo previously submitted) is in the upper left.  And then a closeup of that bird.  Is this the Nashville Warbler?

 

[Yellow-rumped Warblers ?]

I was looking at some old photos.  These were taken on 4-5-2014 in Glendale, CA.

It appears I have a male Yellow-rumped (Audubon's) Warbler in the first and third photos.

Note the other bird to the left in the first photo.

Is the second photo a female Yellow-rumped, or what?

Thanks

[Orange-crowned Warblers???]

Are these all Orange-crowned Warblers?  They were taken in Glendale, CA.

The first photo was taken on 5-14-2020.  It may have a greenish cast to the photo.

The other 3 were taken on 8-28-2020.

Thanks.

[Hummingbird ID -- Glendale, CA]

Taken on 9-11-2020 in Glendale, CA.  I initially thought this was an Anna's Hummingbird, but then began to question it.  I'd like the view of some expert eyes.

[Finch? Glendale, CA]

Taken 9-11-2020 in Glendale, CA. This bird does not look like the typical house finches that hang around my feeder, but that's what I come up with when I try to ID it.  It's plumage is so sweet.  It seemed to be solitary, but I only noticed it this one time.

 

[Both Dark-eyed Juncos???]

Thanks for the advice Charlie.

[What Raptors?]

Photos taken around noon on 8-9-2020 at Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve in Van Nuys, CA.

Is the larger one a juvenile red-tailed hawk, and what is the smaller raptor flying with it?

[Both Dark-eyed Juncos???]

These two birds were photographed on 8-27-2020 about 7 minutes apart in the late afternoon on my balcony under a bird feeder in Glenoaks Canyon, Glendale, CA.  The following day two similar birds were seen together in the same place.

Are these both Dark-eyed Juncos?  If so, is the second one a female or juvenile?

[Help Identify a Bird in Glendale, CA]

That is it!  No wonder it was difficult to ID.

Thank you Conner.

[Help Identify a Bird in Glendale, CA]

This bird was seen in the late afternoon on 8-25-2020 in my backyard in Glenoaks Canyon, Glendale, CA.

At one point there were two of them that looked pretty much the same.

It has an orange rump underneath at the base of the tail feathers.