[Hawk/Falcon sp? - Xmas Mountains Oasis - Brewster Co - 10/15/21]

6 hours ago, Trevor L. said:

It's a harrier.

 

@Melierax

Thank you.

[Common Yellow-throat vs. ?]

Yep, Yellowthroat

[Possible Western Grebe in Eagle Mountain Lake]

Yep, that's a Western Grebe! Might want to put that on eBird. Looks like most sightings of them were from 2015 at that lake. 

[Photos of Owls]

Was able to get nine owl species in a week here in Idaho. Saw all of them except Flammulated. SEOW, LEOW, GHOW, GGOW, NSWO, FLOW, BUOW, BANO, WESO. I only got photos of four of them because I enjoy looking at them more than photographing them ?

[Sharp-shinned or Cooper’s?]

5 hours ago, The Bird Nuts said:

Another for Cooper's.  The dark gray on the nape is not extensive enough for a Sharpie and it's a very bulky Accipiter, as Sean mentioned.

Okey dokey, coolio. I looked at it wrong

[Sharp-shinned or Cooper’s?]

Dark nape - Sharp-shinned. Do you have any more photos? 

[Salmon ID July 17th]

I like Common or hybrid. We had a Barrow's this summer just south in Stanley, but this bird has a significantly larger bill with minimal orange and head shape that fits better for Common.

[Bird Sound from Larimer County Colorado]

Western Meadowlark. 

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@Seanbirdspassing this to you

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On 7/16/2021 at 1:36 PM, Connor Cochrane said:

Yes!

Aw man that means I have to post something.

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Tufted Titmouse? 

edit: changed my mind. Lawrence's Goldfinch? 

[Incredible White Eye Ring]

That's actually a white-eye, a bird from Asia. I don't remember if those are actual vagrants in California or typically escapees, or what.

[Audio from a New Mexico Valley]

3 hours ago, Connor Cochrane said:

I’ve heard them sing this slow. I’m fine with BHGR. 

It's not just that it's slow - see my above post. The actual phrases are wrong IMO.

[Audio from a New Mexico Valley]

5 hours ago, Hasan said:

I'm pretty confused by this. Obviously there are chats in the second recording, but you're saying the call in question is also a chat? Here's the House Wren call I'm referring to: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/56882

The first recording sounds far too sickly and weak for Summer Tanager IMO, but hey I could be wrong.

The quality is completely wrong for HOWR. There's far too few notes and it's very clear and bright sounding. Here's the difference in spectrograms:

One major thing that makes me lean SUTA is the fact that every phrase is about the same length. BHGR tend to have wide variety between phrases, giving it the feel that it's alternating between short and long phrases. I'm not getting a "sickly" vibe - you might be getting that in part just because it's in the background of a fuzzy recording.

[Audio from a New Mexico Valley]

1. I'm liking Summer Tanager.. The phrases are too separated for BHGR, and also you can hear some high pitched phrases as well... but the individual phrases fit better for Tanager than Robin. 

2. Yellow-breasted Chats. They make the chatter and churr sound

3. Another Chat

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16 hours ago, Quiscalus quiscula said:

Pinyon jay?

Yep

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5 hours ago, IKLland said:

Gray vireo?

 

5 hours ago, The Bird Nuts said:

Fork-tailed Flycatcher?

 

4 hours ago, Quiscalus quiscula said:

White-tailed kite? Snail kite?

 

41 minutes ago, Ed hogg said:

 Common Redpoll? Hoary Redpoll?

One guess at a time people ?. No on all. @Seanbirdshas had the closest guess.

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47 minutes ago, Ed hogg said:

Mockingbird?

Nope

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5 hours ago, neilpa said:

Eastern Kingbird?

Nope

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22 minutes ago, Seanbirds said:

Clark’s Nutcracker?

Nope

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1 minute ago, Seanbirds said:

Townsend’s Solitaire?

nope

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9 hours ago, The Bird Nuts said:

Cool!

Guess this:

Barred Owl?

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2 hours ago, The Bird Nuts said:

Cool!

Guess this:

Red-shouldered Hawk?