[Is this a Palm Warbler?]

I saw this bird eating a moth adjacent to a salt marsh in Oceanside NY this morning. Is it a Palm Warbler?

Photo 1

Photo 2

 

 

[Godwits?]

Thanks,

I noticed the cinnamon undersides but wasn't sure they weren't juvenile Hudsonians which I guess are a little browner. Both species have been seen there recently but this was my first sighting. They were on an island and I couldn't get closer.

[Godwits?]

I saw 4 Godwits this morning at Jones Beach, NY on the bay side (near the Coast Guard station). Are these Marbled or Hudsonians?

http://www.kjkahn.com/birds_misc/godwit-01c.jpg

http://www.kjkahn.com/birds_misc/godwit-02c.jpg

http://www.kjkahn.com/birds_misc/godwit-03c.jpg

 

 

[Flycatcher?]

Thanks,

I hadn't seen one before (or since) and I'm really sorry I didn't get a better photo.

 

[Flycatcher?]

I only had a few seconds to shoot this bird partially obscured by foliage and didn't get a well-focused shot. It was taken on July 24th in Oceanside, New York. I thought it might be a (Yellow-bellied?) Flycatcher but it doesn't really match any photos I've seen. Can anyone ID it?

http://www.kjkahn.com/birds_misc/flycatcher-01hd.jpg

[Juvenile Tern]

Thanks,

There is a large colony, several hundred, of Common Terns nesting there and it has attracted a few terns of other species, including Gull-billed, Least, Royal, Arctic, and Sandwich (photographed). I have failed to spot any of them but did see this Roseate 23 days earlier, on June. 6. I was confused by the plumage of the later one.

Roseate Tern

I now see how similar they are, except for the molting.

 

[Flycatcher]

Sorry, I forgot to mention that it was shot at the Oceanside Marine Nature Study Area in Oceanside NY. It is mostly a salt marsh but the bird was seen at the north edge of the preserve in the shrubbery of an adjacent house in a typical suburban area.

[Flycatcher]

I only saw this bird for a few seconds and unfortunately couldn't get good focus (except on foliage in the foreground). I think it is a flycatcher but I looked through Sibley and couldn't find one that has so much yellow on the undersides. Is it too blurred to identify?

Flycatcher

 

[Juvenile Tern]

I shot this (juvenile?) tern at Lido Beach NY on June 29th. I need help identifying the species.

Tern