[What Sparrow? Seneca Falls NY 4/28/23]

[Some kind of warbler?]

seconded.

[Broad-winged Hawk? Very distant pics. Geneva NY 4/26/23]

Not sure if possible to ID?

[Purple or House Finch. Wells ME 4/15/23]

I usually don't have trouble with these, but Ebird just called me on a House Finch entry that was really a Purple. This was in the same location but thinking this is a House?

[Belgrade Maine today in cemetery]

Seconded.

[Sandpipers - very distant pics. Montezuma NWR NY 4/21/23]

Thanks, I was leaning that way but not sure enough to report to ebird.

[Yellowlegs & Swallow - Montezuma NWR NY 4/22/23]

Thinking Lesser Yellowlegs & Northern Rough-winged Swallow?

[Sandpipers - very distant pics. Montezuma NWR NY 4/21/23]

Wondering if possible to ID these pics (same 3 birds, 2 different views). All I've seen around here so far have been Yellowlegs & Dunlin, but Pectoral have been reported.

[Painted Bunting? (South TX)]

Seems too yellow for painted bunting? They always have appeared more green to me, is this a transition plumage?

[Forest edge bird? Northern VA]

Eastern Towhee?

[Greater or Lesser Scaup, Seneca Falls NY (March 2023 pic)]

This one has me unsure, profile seems to say Greater, not sure about the nail on the bill?

[Broad-winged Hawk? Manchester NH 4/17/23]

Not the greatest view, but hope it's enough to ID. Short tail, about the size of a Cooper's, but definitely a Buteo.

[Repost of possible Purple Sandpiper pics? Wells Maine 4/16/23]

Thanks all, the first post responses just didn't sound too sure (and I've never seen more than 2 or 3 together at a time) 🙂

[Repost of possible Purple Sandpiper pics? Wells Maine 4/16/23]

Didn't think about Purple Sandpipers, but that would make sense with all the "winter" birds I was seeing. Can anyone confirm?

[What duck? Wells ME 4/14/23]

Thanks all, this duck looked such much darker than the other Long-tails, I wasn't sure.

 

[Gull & Shorebirds from Wells, ME 4/16/23]

Not sure about this gull (Iceland?) or these sandpipers.

[What duck? Wells ME 4/14/23]

Not familiar with ocean birds, don't recognize this duck?

[Which Yellowlegs? Montezuma NWR NY 4/4/23]

Fairly sure the second pic is Greater, not sure on first pic (2 different birds).

[Very distant mystery bird. Seneca Falls NY 4/3/23]

Thanks all. That was my first thought, haven't seen any this year yet (but they're overdue).

[Very distant mystery bird. Seneca Falls NY 4/3/23]

Very distant, cropped pics. Just wondering if possible to ID. (Bird is flying away).

[Please don't banish me - but another possible Sharp-shinned? (Geneva NY) 3/26/23]

I'm still trying to turn Cooper's into Sharpies, but this one seems to have a smaller head & squared off tail. It was fairly distant making size tricky to judge.

[Hooded Lark?]

The "horns" are often not seen, since they are actually feathers they can lie flat. Always a fun challenge to get the horns to show. (Pic is from this morning).

[Another Sharpie or Cooper's? Sodus Point NY 3/24/23]

Which raptor?

[Red-tailed Hawk Juvenile? Seneca Falls NY 3/22/23]

Another Hawk that I think is a Red-tailed, not great with juvenile plumages.

[Sharp-shinned or Cooper's? Savannah NY 3/10/23]

Still not good at telling these two species apart, thinking this is a sharp-shinned? Size seemed to be a little in-between, making it harder to tell.