[Liam's Weekly Quiz!]

43 minutes ago, Kevin said:

Carolina. 

Me too -- although it doesn't seem right.

[Another Scaup]

The scaups I saw on 3-24-2021 were the first scaups I had ever seen.  Nice to know I got both a Greater and Lesser for the first time on that day.

[Liam's Weekly Quiz!]

#3 is why I asked if the species were limited to North America.  I ended up throwing a hail mary on that one.  It must be a hybrid.

[Another Scaup]

This was taken on 3-24-2021 at Quail Lake in northern Los Angeles County.

Would this one be a Lesser Scaup?

[Scaup]

2 minutes ago, IKLland said:

Based on the head shape, and the mail seems big, I lean greater. Is greater flagged for that location/date?

There are both greater and lesser reported for that date and location.

[Scaup]

3 minutes ago, IKLland said:

I’m leaning greater, but can’t see the nail that well.  Any other photos? If not, I’ll leave this to the experts. 

All five photos are in profile view like this -- 3 of them with the head very slightly turned away.

[Scaup]

Looking back at some older photos.

This was taken on 3-24-2021 at Quail Lake in northern Los Angeles County.

Can this scaup be identified?

Thanks.

[TBN Photo Challenge ​🦅]

3 hours ago, Avery said:

No, I was just asking because a bird that doesn’t have a Cardinal point in its common name may have one in its subspecies name. I’ve got limited options where I am 😅

In that case, I'd say it would qualify.  Two different species -- the cardinal point can be in the subspecies name.

[TBN Photo Challenge ​🦅]

The photo has to be taken after the challenge begins.

[TBN Photo Challenge ​🦅]

Do you have a species with a common name containing a cardinal point, where the common name of the subspecies contains a different cardinal point?

[TBN Photo Challenge ​🦅]

1 minute ago, Avery said:

I'm guessing subspecies don't count? 😋

Two of the same species (regardless of subspecies) don't count.

[? goldfinch ?]

Taken on 12-11-2021 at the Los Angeles River at Glendale Narrows Riverwalk in Glendale, CA.

I think this is an American Goldfinch, but whenever I think that, I'm usually wrong.  I've seen hundreds of Lesser Goldfinches, but only 2 or 3 American Goldfinches.  This one doesn't feel quite like a Lesser to me.

[?? swallow]

Okay, that's what I thought, but that heavy band around the throat was making me wonder.

[?? swallow]

Taken on 12-11-2021 above the Los Angeles River at Glendale Narrows Riverwalk in Glendale, CA.

I think I know what this is, but not confident.

[Liam's Weekly Quiz!]

Are the species in Liam's Quiz limited to those found in North America?

[TBN Photo Challenge ​🦅]

OK, I'm going to get this challenge kick-started.

A photo containing at least 2 species whose common names contain at least 2 different cardinal points of the compass:  Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western.  The two cannot be the same cardinal point.  So if one is Eastern, then the other one needs to be either Northern, Southern or Western.

[TBN Photo Challenge ​🦅]

Here you go.  Taken today 12-13-2021 at Puddingstone Lake, San Dimas, CA.

[Your Best or Favorite Photo of a Bird Species.]

Never seen one.

[Lifers]

American Redstart taken today 12-11-2021 on the LA River in Glendale, CA.

[Little Bird]

Taken in the morning on 4-29-2021 at Bear Divide in the San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA.

Any ideas what this is?

 

[Lifers]

I had realized it was Abert's after I tried searching for it by Albert's.

 

[Lifers]

Now I see why I couldn't find the topic Lifers.  Its under GENERAL BIRDING TOPICS -- not under Photo Sharing and Discussion where I was looking and found Photo Lifers.

[Lifers]

30 minutes ago, IKLland said:

I’m surprised you’ve never seen a harrier, roadrunner, or gallinule living in SoCal, all birds I often see. I’m in Orange County, Ca. 

Well, I have seen Roadrunners (decades ago), but not since I've become a birder -- and I doubt that I ever photographed one.  And it's possible that I have photographed a Northern Harrier before I started trying to identify and keep track of all the birds I see.  I'd have to look back through a lot of old photos.

[Photo Lifers]

I guess I can't delete the post.

I reported it and asked to have it moved to the topic Lifers.

Thanks.

[Lifers]

I went to Arizona for a week around Thanksgiving -- and my first birding excursion outside of Southern California.  I went to 6 birding hotspots, but 2 of them were a bust.  I saw a lot of birds at 4 of the locations -- 2 southeast of Phoenix and 2 in Prescott.  I got 11 lifers.  Was hoping for a few more (especially a Cactus Wren), but I'm happy with what I got:

Abert's Towhee
Black Vulture
Canvasback
Common Gallinule
Curve-billed Thrasher
Gambel's Quail
Gila Woodpecker
Greater Roadrunner
Northern Harrier
Tundra Swan
Verdin