Rich Stanton
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Seen in Boone County Missouri on October 23, 2022. I took the warm tones and clean break to a white belly, plus unusual bill patterning and weak wing markings to mean this bird might be unusual, but perhaps it's just a Gadwall. Thoughts?
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@Charlie Spencer Thanks for the clarification.
Least Bittern is a tough bird for my localion and I am wondering if I really did manage to snap a picture of one while assuming I was on a Sora. I am new to carrying a camera birding, so maybe a bit unusual in that regard.
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2 hours ago, Charlie Spencer said:
Ignore.
Is there a problem?
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Sora or Least Bittern? Central Missouri, October 2, 2022. I think the barring on the flanks makes it a Sora, but why not ask for a second opinion?
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Shorebird seen today in Central Missouri.
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Blackpoll. Foot color and faint streaking on the back rule out pine & bay-breasted.
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As the original poster, I don't know if I get to argue, but I am leaning Bay-breasted on these birds, partly on probability, and partly on some admittedly subjective features like nape and under-tail covert colors.
Does anyone else have thoughts?
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Several photos of the same or possibly two birds that for some reason have me quite stumped. None of the undertail coverts match the plates in Peterson, for example.
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I'd pass on this one and wait for a better recording if it were me. Heard well, it is quite distinctive.
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Gray squirrel scold.
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Thirded, FWIW.
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I believe Blackpoll is a significant rarity in the fall throughout the Midwest, while Bay-breasted is more common. Worth thinking on since the pair can be notorious for their similarity.
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This is photo #4 with contrast cranked down, shadows lit up, and brightness increased, if it helps.
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I think the red orbital ring on the first bird conclusively rules out Herring Gull, which I hope is worth adding in case since some people may have noted this and not pointed it out.
I never even considered GBBG for the first bird because it doesn't give that impression to me- and I've lived in New England and Western New York where I've seen a lot of them.
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My gut says the center bird is a Semipalmated Sandpiper. It looks smaller with no supercilium, and missing plumage details that would be expected on other peep spp.
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Agreed. Among other things, the belly/crissum on a Black-bellied would be white, which is easier to interpret than things like shape.
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The right-most bird appears to have primaries that extend past the tail and some streaking on the breast, plus a weak supercilium- pointing to a White-rumped Sandpiper.
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9 hours ago, Rich Stanton said:
Probably something easy I am overlooking. Calling persistently in patch of tall grass adjacent to a cornfield. Surrounding area is an experimental farm.
Location: Boone County, MO
Date: 18 August 2022
Here's an MP3. Hopefully it works for people. Thanks for your patience everyone!
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Probably something easy I am overlooking. Calling persistently in patch of tall grass adjacent to a cornfield. Surrounding area is an experimental farm.
Location: Boone County, MO
Date: 18 August 2022
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Concur with the two comments above.
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A Bank Swallow among a strong movement of swallows this afternoon.
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Eastern Gray Squirrel moan/meow alarm call
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Duck seen in central Missouri 18 November
in Help Me Identify a North American Bird
Posted · Edited by Rich Stanton
fixed typo
I did not want to bias the group with all of my impressions, but this bird was smaller than a shoveler and larger than a Green-winged Teal, both of which were in the same patch of flooded timber as this bird. FWIW, I reported it as teal spp., in eBird, and is currently confirmed as such.
It may not be identifiable to species, but it is late for Blue-winged, and the only records of Cinnamon Teal in my region and season have been unambiguous males.