[TBN Photo Challenge ​?]

4 hours ago, IKLland said:

To get it to notify them, you click @ but have to do a space then type the name .

@IKLland Thanks, I never knew how to do that either.

[TBN Photo Challenge ​?]

That's great Chris!

You pick the next challenge.

 

[? Gull]

Taken on 1-5-2022 in the afternoon on the Los Angeles River between Burbank Channel confluence and the Riverside Dr. bridge in Glendale, CA.

I usually don't attempt to ID immature gulls (and I think this is one).  There were just two gulls standing in the water (a Western and this one) and I'm just curious what this is.  I have a couple guesses, but could be way off.  I looked away to photograph some other birds and was going to come back to this one to get better shots, but when I turned back it was gone.

 

[TBN Photo Challenge ​?]

I thought that last one was going to be fairly easy.  I hope this next one is much easier.

Challenge:

A photo containing at least 2 different species whose common names start with a hyphenated descriptor that is composed of first a color and second a body part.  E.g. -- Black-throated ??? and Ruby-crowned ???

[TBN Photo Challenge ​?]

Congratulations!  I was about to cancel this challenge and start a new one.

Your turn to come up with the next challenge.

[What Gull ??]

Great!  That's a lifer for me.

[What swallow ??]

Taken in the late afternoon over the Los Angeles River at Glendale Narrows Riverwalk in Glendale, CA.

I identified several White-throated Swifts and Northern Rough-winged Swallows.  This was the only one that looked different.

The tail looks like Barn Swallow, but I'm not sure that the rest of it does.

[What Gull ??]

Taken in the late afternoon over the Los Angeles River at Glendale Narrows Riverwalk in Glendale, CA.

[?? Finch]

Thanks all.  That's cool I got a lifer on Dec. 31st.

[?? Finch]

Taken on 12-31-2021 at Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA.

I have never identified a Purple Finch before, but I'm thinking this looks like one.

[What little bird?]

Taken on 12-28-2021 at Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA.

Can this bird be identified?

[? Warbler]

Taken on 12-28-2021 at Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA.

There were a few Townsend's in the same tree, but this bird looks rather pale for a Townsend's.

[Lifers]

Yellow-chevroned Parakeet -- another first taken yesterday at Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens.  

 

[Sometimes I just want friends to see a bird I photographed, no rules.]

27 minutes ago, Clip said:

Oh but they are adventures. For us it isn't just about the birds. As you know I'm also into herps and butterflies and mammals and bugs. It is also about the landscape and sometimes even the food which could be anything from restaurants to farmers markets we find along the way. The point is to get out of the house, have a good time even if we don't find our target birds.

What about the flora?

[Two warblers, maybe one]

12 hours ago, Connor Cochrane said:

I don't know whether they are the same or different birds, but it's a Nashville Warbler. 

Okay, I wasn't sure about the black on the chin and forehead.  Is that a male with the black starting to come in, or did it get into something while foraging?

[Two warblers, maybe one]

12 hours ago, Aidan B said:

Agree with Nashville

Did you get the Black-throated Green or Lucy's Warbler?

I got Lucy's.  I don't think I have a Black-throated Green.  I think they are all Townsend's.

I got the following species in the same tree:

Black-throated Gray Warbler

Lucy's Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Townsend's Warbler

Yellow-rumped (Audubon's) Warbler

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Bushtit

Nuttall's Woodpecker

 

[Two warblers, maybe one]

Taken 12-28-2021 at Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens in San Marino (Los Angeles Co.), CA.

I think I know what these are, but I want to hear it from you.

The first two photos are of the same individual.  The second two photos are of the same individual.  Whether it is just one bird or two, I don't know.  If two, I think both are the same species.

[Lifers]

Lucy's Warbler taken today 12-28-2021 at Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA.

[Lifers]

17 minutes ago, BirdNrd said:

Around 600 Sandhill Crane!

Doesn't that count as 600 new Lifers?

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

Oak Titmouse

[A couple of Scaups]

1 hour ago, PaulK said:

The male has clearly been foraging and still has a bump towards the back of it's rather slender head. I'd call that Lesser if I saw it, but I'm far from an expert.

Yes the male was actively foraging.

[A couple of Scaups]

Taken on 12-10-2021 at Silverlake Reservoir in Silverlake (Los Angeles), CA.

The three photos of the male are all the same bird.  I believe this is a Greater Scaup, but would like confirmation.

I'm not sure about the female (this is the only angle I have of it).

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

[Lifers]

2 hours ago, IKLland said:

I got 29 lifers on my trip to Florida! 
here’s the lifer list

https://ebird.org/tripreport/23782?lifers=s

Congrats on the lifers.  That's a lot.

[What Wren ?]

15 hours ago, Charlie Spencer said:

Was it cold that evening?  It may be fluffed up for insulation.

I didn't think it was cold, but I guess the bird did.