
njones
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These responses are helping me learn a lot - and sending me to good sources. Many thanks!
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njones started following hawk ID?, Iceland Gull? and Which hawk?
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Very new to gulls, and wondering if the all-white gull standing with these other gulls (Herring, I think) could be an Iceland Gull? Stratford, CT, taken Jan 4 on LI Sound. Included cropped shot and also shot of full group, for size. Thanks for any help!
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This is all really helpful - including the last article - thanks for posting!
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Thanks so much!
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Seen December 30, midday, Stratford, CT (at Stratford Point, on LI Sound.) A Northern Harrier spotted about ten minutes earlier. Tentatively ID'd as immature Red-shouldered Hawk, but wondering if it might be broad-winged? Did not see it well in flight; it flew low, behind branches and landed again a short distance away. Appreciate any advice! Thanks.
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Taken in Westport, CT, Dec. 13, 3:44pm, in tree by roadside. Wondered if it might be Red-shouldered Hawk?
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Thanks! That's where I landed too, but I'm not yet experienced enough to feel certain. It helps to hear how you made the ID - I wasn't sure about the wings. I really appreciate your help.
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Westport, CT, Sherwood Island, on the sound (salt water), around high tide on Saturday, November 21, seen about 11am: a flock of 36 individuals (counted, not estimated) - which at first I thought were all Red-breasted Mergansers. Now I'm wondering if some of the individuals may have been Common Mergansers, in a mixed flock. Observed about 20 minutes altogether. Photos are from shore, at a bit of a distance, and with tricky light. This was my first sighting of Red-breasted Mergansers, so I'm fairly new to birding and have lots to learn. Any help is greatly appreciated! Origina
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I've researched them since this post - I had no idea there were such variations. (It was a little disorienting!) Thanks for the help.
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Thanks!
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Saw these three individuals on fresh-water pond, Norwalk. CT, Nov 22, 10:30am. Other birds included Mallards, Gadwalls, American Wigeons, Mute Swans, Northern Shovelers, a Northern Pintail, and a pair of Green-winged Teals. I'm having trouble identifying these 3, which remained together for about 40 minutes of observation. Any ideas?
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help with CT wading bird?
njones replied to njones's topic in Help Me Identify a North American Bird
Thanks! Definitely yellowlegs in this area earlier this fall, so that seems likely. Appreciate the help. -
Bird seen among American Black Ducks and Hooded Mergansers in salt waters on coast of Westport, CT, November 15, 9:36am. Sherwood Island State Park (beach and wetlands). Doesn't quite look like any of the shorebirds I recognize. Not a great photo - taken from a distance - but I'm looking at the length of the beak. Any ideas?
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No wonder I couldn't find them! Thank you.