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Yes... and it's a Nuttall's Woodpecker.
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What's this Thrush?
Tony Leukering replied to smittyone@cox.net's topic in Help Me Identify a North American Bird
It lacks an obvious buff surpaloral bar, the eye ring is quite narrow, and the upperparts are quite ruddy. Since the bird is in IA, it's probably not referable to Russet-backed Thrush. Ergo, it's a Hermit Thrush. -
Tennessee Warbler?
Tony Leukering replied to smittyone@cox.net's topic in Help Me Identify a North American Bird
Tennessee Warblers have tiny, all-black, sharply-pointed bills. They also have bright green backs. It is not sufficient to find one or two field marks to make an ID. One must rule OUT all the other possibilities, so look at more than one or two features. -
Tennessee Warbler?
Tony Leukering replied to smittyone@cox.net's topic in Help Me Identify a North American Bird
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That was my Cimarron County first for BWHA.
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Young Lark Sparrow?
Tony Leukering replied to Bird-Boys's topic in Help Me Identify a North American Bird
You did not provide a location. SoCal? This is what juv LASP look like when they're a lot closer: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/354841131- 7 replies
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- carrizo plain
- slo county
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Almost any bird can hold it's tail to create a notched look. With this odd pose and only one photo, I wouldn't trust it. We cannot see the mandible at all well enough to know the color of it, particularly given the overexposed background which makes dark things darker by comparison. Most of the head is shadowed relative to the rest of the bird, so I wouldn't trust this, either. All that said, it might well be a HAFL.
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Almost anything is possible in fall migration: eBird Checklist - 26 Sep 2017 - Keyes (town) - 14 species (+1 other taxa)
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PLVI has obvious white wing bars and obvious white supraloral bar connected to the eye rings creating spectacles. There are many, many bird species that sport eye rings, and most of them are not vireos.
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not quite clueless ... BUT....
Tony Leukering replied to UnknownVT's topic in Help Me Identify a North American Bird
There’s a LOT more to the New World than just the US and Canada. As example, South America accounts for over half the >10K of the world’s bird species. -
not quite clueless ... BUT....
Tony Leukering replied to UnknownVT's topic in Help Me Identify a North American Bird
There are seven species of New World cardinals. -
Pine Siskin ?
Tony Leukering replied to Patrick in King George's topic in Help Me Identify a North American Bird
And the tail is too long for PUFI. -
Which bird of prey is this?
Tony Leukering replied to Andrew_25's topic in Help Me Identify a North American Bird
The red underparts and the precise tail pattern combine for a diagnostic look. -
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Yes, and it's "Canada Goose," not "Canadian Goose." I've no idea why the difference in construction for species such as Canada Goose and Canada Warbler, when it's American Crow and European Starling and Eurasian Bullfinch and Australian Shelduck.
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Immature Warbler ID
Tony Leukering replied to DLecy's topic in Help Me Identify a North American Bird
Not in Marin in July and certainly not still wearing extensive bits of juvenile plumage. -
Coop or Sharp?
Tony Leukering replied to Charlie Spencer's topic in Help Me Identify a North American Bird
Coops usually raise their hackles (giving a blocky-headed look) frequently. A consistently round-headed accipiter is probably not a Coop. -
Another Dowitcher Question
Tony Leukering replied to neilpa's topic in Help Me Identify a North American Bird
Just because someone REPORTED such does not necessarily make it so.