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@IKLland Thank you!
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arg. OK let me try again. Sorry - for some reason only the audio plays after I upload the video. Here are some other screenshots.
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Hi - I recently went to San Jose and did a little backyard birding.
Is this a downy woodpecker or Nuttall's Woodpecker. I'm inclined to say the latter due to the size and the spotting on the back. These are screenshots from a little video I took.
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Barn!!! I grew up near Atwater Village - Frogtown to be exact and this makes me so happy ? Don't remember seeing swallows there back in the day.
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Evening all! My friend is in Southwest Florida and sent me a picture of another humdinger we can't figure out. She saw this mystery bird today in the Swamp Preserve.
Is it a tuftless Northern Cardinal or a Summer Tanager or even a rarity - a Ant-Tanager!
We can't figure it out. The coloring and location is off for each one of these. Can you help?
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Oh and I saw it this afternoon in Upper West Side of NYC.
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Hello everyone! Hope you all are enjoying the beginnings of Spring migration.
I have two photos of what I think is a Hermit Thrush and Veery . Usually I feel confident about spotting difference between veerys and hermit thrushes but I was recently told to correct an ebird submission.
Photo 1. I think is a hermit thrush. The angle isn't helping but to me the tail looks redder than the body.
Photos 2 and 3: Veery - eye ring is more distinct at the back of the eye.
Thank you for your help!
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Thank you @Connor Cochrane @Seanbirds - is it "definitely" a parakeet because of the long tail? I thought red masked parakeet because of the red markings on the wings. Thanks again
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Cool! Thank you @BirdNrd @IKLland @Jefferson Shank ? There were SO MANY!
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Awesome! Thank you @Avery @Seanbirds ?
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Hi everyone! Hope everyone is having a tranquil, healthy holiday. I saw this bird flying overhead. I had to adjust the exposure on my camera and do some color editing. I think based on the white breast and the tail feather pattern that this is a Peregrine Falcon. But it's my first time seeing one so I'm not 100% certain.I saw it late this afternoon, before sunset in NYC - at Riverside Park.
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Cape May earlier this week and went birding through a couple areas.
I saw this Sparrow - my guess a Field Sparrow at Higbee Wildlife Management Area. I'm thinking it is because of the un-streaked breast, pink bill and eye ring.
Later that at Cape May Point State I park I saw a couple raptor (bald eagle and ospreys!) But there was a raptor I caught on camera that I can't discern. I think it's Sharp-shinned Hawk. But I know that they closely resemble Coopers Hawk. If I recorded it on video I could see if the flight patterns are like a sharp-shinned or a coopers - I heard that's that best way to tell.
Thanks for your help! I have learned so much from you guys!
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Thank you!!! I looked and compared more thoroughly and yes! The thing that jumped out at me was the streaking on the back. Thank you both.
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@akandula @The Bird Nuts Ahhh - OK. So is it the eye "spectacles" for the Bay Breasted? I thought I saw slight streaking so that's why I went with Pine.
And with the last two - I guess I they were Blackpolls because I thought they were drabber looking Pines ? I know that's not a "scientific" method of ID'ing them.
I'm not disagreeing with your IDs - I just want to learn what to look for.
Thanks guys!
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I was at Riverside Park this afternoon. So birdy. I used to be pretty confident about pine warblers, but after mistaking a blackpoll for a pine last time, I'm not so sure anymore.
1. Pine warbler
2. Female Pine warbler?
3. Black-throated blue
4. Black-throated blue w/out patch
5 and 6 Blackpoll Warbler
Thanks for your insight and patience everyone!
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I agree. Wood Thrush!
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@akandula @Connor Cochrane Blackpoll!!! Oh my gosh. The Cape May and Blackpoll both lifers for me ?
Yay! Thank you ?
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Commong Nighthawk or Eastern Whip-poor-will - Philadelphia, PA
in Help Me Identify a North American Bird
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Hello,
My friend saw this bird in the Kensington area of Philadelphia last Friday afternoon (July 15) . Not anywhere close to a park. I have never seen a nightjar or nighthawk so I'm not sure what it is. But I thought it was a nightjar because the tails aren't the swallow-ish pointed tails that are the trait of a nighthawk. It also looks very young.
Any help is much appreciated.