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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.
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#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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The photo has to be taken after the challenge begins.
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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?
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1 minute ago, Avery said:
I'm guessing subspecies don't count? 😋
Two of the same species (regardless of subspecies) don't count.
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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.
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Okay, that's what I thought, but that heavy band around the throat was making me wonder.
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Are the species in Liam's Quiz limited to those found in North America?
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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.
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Never seen one.
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I had realized it was Abert's after I tried searching for it by Albert's.
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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.
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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.
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I guess I can't delete the post.
I reported it and asked to have it moved to the topic Lifers.
Thanks.
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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
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Liam's Weekly Quiz!
in Photo Sharing and Discussion
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Me too -- although it doesn't seem right.