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An in-advance thank-you for your views and any confirming ID feedback for both the adult female and adult male... the female appears Mottled?, the male a Mallard x Mottled hybrid? Images attahced: One photo of both; 2 photos of the male on the water; 1 photo of the female facing left in a grassy area. Appreciated!

Thanks, RobinHood, for the add'l detail and information!

Very appreciated and thank you's to Birding Boy and Jefferson Swank... too, kindof heart-happy that it is Mottled, vs a hybrid. Thanks, too, for including your ID clarifications/detail and viewing 'tips' Be well, be happy!

Thank you, all!!!!

? looks a little like a paler, immature female pine warbler... or something entirely diff? ... ID confirmation assist please; much appreciated. Sorry for the less-than-adequate photo close-up's. Sighted at The Celery Fields, Sarasota FL, yesterday.

Inexperienced sightings ... Mottleds, Mallards, Mallard x Mottled... With all of the hybridization... and the reference data instructing quite a bit of variation within the Mallard-Mottled, too. What do you think about this beauty ... seen at The Celery Fields, Sarasota FL (yesterday) in a canal (south section)... foraging alone, nearby an immature little blue heron. Thank you!

Thanks, all...

Thanks, also, to The Bird Nuts!

Thank you, Clip

Hello, all - - ? pine warbler... too, a distinctive dark feathering patch at "forehead". Contrast, whiter wing bars; bright eyering with bright yellow 'chin', 'neck' and chest ... with side streaking; reddish legs and a longer tail with white patches beneath... photos here, as seen yesterday, sun city center 33573 FL, 02-06-2021. No other photos (e.g., nothing showing the plumage on the 'back' of this bird). Thanks, again!

THANK YOU, all!

male muscovy and friends

THANK you, all! My shhhh guess was a palm warbler though befuddled with the speckled plumage (a barely "PT birder"...)... grateful for the clarification and enlightenment as to the leucistic condition... MUCH appreciate your time and expertise!

?an immature ... a type of warbler? Photos attached provide the best visual detail for this inquiry. Sighted on Jan 23 2021 at the Fred and Idah Nature Preserve, Tampa Bay FL at approx. 1:13PM EST.

A colorful beauty that is not often seen; an adult male Painted Bunting...

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WOW... what an AWESOME capture, with such clarity , precision of image... thanks for posting this... what a beauty!

Eastern Great Horned Owl, early morning with fresh squirrel prey in clutches... it rested in this long-leaf pine tree for about 2 hours before joining its' mate nearby in an mature, tall eucalyptus tree-top... south-eastern Tampa Bay FL area

Hi, all--thank you for the welcomes! And, feedback on the photos, too... when time, we so enjoy trekking around in nature and I adore being able to (even) attemp capturing some views, especially unusual ones! Much appreciated.. be well, be happy!! Oh! We have nesting Great Horned Owls on the prop this year... she just began to sit the nest yesterday... cannot wait to get a glimpse of a chick or chicks... both adults, so gorgeous... eastern Great Horned Owls... I'll got a pic of one of the adults from about a week ago with fresh squirrel prey in clutches as it rested for about two hours in a pine tree early AM before it joined mate.

A first-sighting for us... Apopka Wildlife Drive Loop Florida... colorful, huge legs and feet... we've read that this bird is considered a FL invasive... this was a sole individual seen among hundreds of coots and gallinules...

This bird seems to have full white underparts, with dark eyes circled in white, lighter gray between bill and eye with plumage a darker shade of gray behind the eye, leading to charcoal gray uppers, black legs, white chin/chest/belly, charcoal plumage (grays, not at all any semblance of browns) above with darker wings that had white edges, seemed to have a dark bill with lighter-yellow’ish-colored bill edges?, fork in the tail; about the size of a birds we’ve seen such as painted buntings/sparrows/warblers… maybe slightly larger than a yellow-throated warbler, e.g. Not at all the size of a mockingbird or gray catbird, much smaller. The area that this bird was sighted is U.S.A., Wimauma FL 33598, on Jan. 22, 2021; it was seen moving swiftly, ongoing, foraging within low areas of canal-side shrubs, mostly brazillian pepper shrubs. Two images attached; bird was moving so often and swiftly, and 'deeper' within the shrubs... that these 2 are the best images for ID today. Much appreciated.

This bird seems to have full white underparts, with dark eyes circled in white, lighter gray between bill and eye with plumage a darker shade of gray behind the eye, leading to charcoal gray uppers, black legs, white chin/chest/belly, charcoal plumage (grays, not at all any semblance of browns) above with darker wings that had white edges, seemed to have a dark bill with lighter-yellow’ish-colored bill edges?, fork in the tail; about the size of a birds we’ve seen such as painted buntings/sparrows/warblers… maybe slightly larger than a yellow-throated warbler, e.g. Not at all the size of a mockingbird or gray catbird, much smaller. The area that this bird was sighted is U.S.A., Wimauma FL 33598, on Jan. 22, 2021; it was seen moving swiftly, ongoing, foraging within low areas of canal-side shrubs, mostly brazillian pepper shrubs. I have two photos that may help; but, I did not see any 'attach image' function (here) aside from a URL-link button ... I have only 2 jpg's residing on my laptop... please let me know how/where I can submit these 2 images. Much appreciated.