[In Flight]

[what sparrow]

Taken on 4-27-2022 at Bear Divide in the Angeles National Forest, Los Angeles County.

 

[? flycatcher]

22 minutes ago, IKLland said:

This photo you have up is a fox sparrow, not a bell’s sparrow.

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/441347831

Okay, thanks.  I was thinking a juvenile Bell's, but I can see Fox -- that would be a lifer for me.  I don't doubt you, but I'll go ahead and post it as a new topic.  Thanks.

[? flycatcher]

33 minutes ago, IKLland said:

Do you recall whether it was waging its tail up and down?

It’s an empid, leaning Hammond’s but not positive. 

I have 20 frames.  The first 12 it is standing erect with the tail straight down.  The last 8 frames the tail moved forward then back to vertical once, then forward again to the position shown in the last photo.  I don't know if that qualifies as wagging its tail.

[? flycatcher]

Taken on 4-27-2022 at Bear Divide in the San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County.

Can this one be identified?

[gnatcatcher ?]

Taken on 3-2-2022 in Glendale, CA in native brush along a fire road.

Is this a species of gnatcatcher?

[?? hawk]

I figured it was a Red-tailed, but wasn't sure.  Thanks.

[?? hawk]

I need help with this one.  Taken on 3-2-2022 in Glendale, CA.

[What Hawk?]

Thanks!  That's a lifer for me.

[What Hawk?]

Taken on 4-1-2022 in Glenoaks Canyon, Glendale, CA.

This hawk was flying with around with two Red-tailed Hawks for a few minutes.  I think it might be a dark-morph Red-tailed, but I'm not sure.

[Lifers]

26 minutes ago, IKLland said:

LAZULI BUNTING!! Nemesis bird no more! Might go back tomorrow and see if I can get a better photo of this stunner. 

Great!  Where did you find it?

[Lifers]

Rufous-crowned Sparrow on 3-30-2022 in Glendale, CA.

 

[?? goldeneye]

Taken on 3-18-2022 at Quail Lake in northern Los Angeles County, CA.

Which goldeneye is this?

 

[TBN Photo Challenge ​?]

Photo of a Song Sparrow singing (mouth open).

[TBN Photo Challenge ​?]

Taken on 3-7-2022

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4 hours ago, IKLland said:

Where did you get it? They’re a tough bird here in SoCal.

Vesper Sparrow on Haskell Creek, just above the confluence with the Los Angeles River in Sepulveda Basin, Van Nuys, CA on 12-25-2020.

34.168620, -118.474763

 

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Makes the decision easy.  I've only got one.

 

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

Taken 3-8-2022 on the Los Angeles River in Glendale, CA.

 

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Mountain

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California

 

[In Flight]

On 2/3/2022 at 4:15 PM, Aidan B said:

Really awesome -- and they're all in focus!  Great job.  What are the birds in the background?  Or is that pumice from an erupting volcano?

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On 2/6/2022 at 7:01 AM, IKLland said:

Never seen one

Me neither.  And I had a busy week last week and missed the Osprey.  You all posted lots of great photos though.

[Liam's Weekly Quiz!]

I missed last week's quiz, but I'm ready for the next one.

[Lifers]

I just saw a Zone-tailed Hawk for the first time, and it was right over my house in Glendale, CA.

[Lifers]

My first Wood Duck