[Share your worst photo of the day]

4 hours ago, Tanager 101 said:

Care to enlighten me? I can't find it

In the dead tree in the center. Right next to the silhouette of the large pine near the top.

[Confirm Red-tailed Hawk]

For sure a Red-tailed Hawk.

[What bird is this? (Sierra Vista, AZ)]

That's a Phainopepla. Nice bird!

[Is this a Towhee?]

That is a Townsend's Solitaire.

[BRDL]

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[Birdie]

birdie 🦆 #254: 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

https://birdiegame.net/

A very familiar bird for me.

[Your Best or Favorite Photo of a Bird Species.]

I have some photos, but they're badly digiscoped ones from my old camera. I'll see if I have a chance to get some better ones of the neighborhood flock.

[Could this be a Purple Martin?]

2 minutes ago, Connor Cochrane said:

Why’s it not Cowbird? Doesn’t look streaky at all. Dull brownish color and location seem to be better for that as well. 

That was my initial reaction, but I'd never seen that strong of an eyebrow on one before. Another stupid mistake to add to my list.

[Could this be a Purple Martin?]

Looks like a female Red-winged Blackbird. That beak shape is wrong for a swallow species.

[Red breasted merganser?]

Just now, Snake Fingers said:

Explain please, I’m unfamiliar with these birds. Thanks.

 

GISS, especially longer head shape and thin bill.

[Red breasted merganser?]

Just now, Snake Fingers said:

Can we even tell if this a Merganser?

It is a merganser, just likely not determinable which one.

[Share Your Best Photo of the Day]

1 minute ago, Tanager 101 said:

I have no clue...Actually I didn't even notice until now.

I'm always noticing the feet of the birds in your photos 😂

[Share Your Best Photo of the Day]

2 minutes ago, Tanager 101 said:

https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/529052241 

Nice photo! How come the feet are green!?

[Birdie]

birdie 🦅 #253: 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛

https://birdiegame.net/

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[Lifers]

27 minutes ago, IKLland said:

I got a bunch of lifers recently! 
 

Red Phalarope 

 

Scripps’s Murrelet

 

Cassin’s Auklet

 

Defeated my biggest nemesis, Bonaparte’s Gull

 

Rhinoceros Auklet

 

Brown Booby

Black-legged Kittiwake

Red-billed Tropicbird(!)

Nazca Booby

 

Buller’s Shearwater

 

And an Orchard Oriole from this morning—photos coming tomorrow.

Awesome photos and awesome birds!!

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[Hermit Thrush?-Gainesville, Florida]

Yes, it's a Hermit Thrush, the only spotted thrush likely to be in North America in winter.

[orange pigeon ?! Toronto, Ontario, Today]

Just now, Snake Fingers said:

I wouldn’t worry. Rock Pigeons are very adaptable, this one is with others like normal, and this is likely in a city(@FrenchgirlinTO2?) so I few doubts this one will survive like normal.

@The Pigeon Nest is saying that this is a domestic bird, a pet, and it may fall prey to hawks and other predators in the city since it has not learned to survive like the typical pigeons that you normally see.

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[Your checklist of the day!]

1 hour ago, Snake Fingers said:

It’s been so long since I’ve seen a Hairy… all I see is Downys now.

Same, weirdly I see them more in the summer.

[When will eBird finish the exotics update?]

I've got ten additional taxa. My only reported hybrid is Mallard x ABDU, which I see about twice a year.

[Caption Contest!]

12 hours ago, Tanager 101 said:

Alright! Let's try this one!

*to insect that it has spotted* "Prepare to be eaten, o small one"

[Birds of North America #2]

Neither Eastern or Chihuahuan Meadowlark are on the needs list, so both must have been posted already.

[State birds in their states]

New York- Eastern Bluebird

Haven't done much traveling within the US since I started birding.