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  1. Melierax
    Looks good for Chipping.
  2. Melierax
    I thought about adding that to my post that it's an immature, but I checked Sibley and it shows that the females also have brown crowns. I know that eye color is the other factor in determining age, but that isn't visible here. Is that true that adult females have brown crowns too? Or is it just that the immatures have a more extensive brown crown?
  3. Melierax
    This would be a female Oregon. I would expect a pink-sided to be a lot lighter overall.
  4. Melierax
    Wood Thrush!
  5. Melierax
    Ayy. Okay I'll pick something easier... Corvid sp. holding something.
  6. Melierax
    Yeah I realized that then couldn't edit it ?
  7. Melierax
    I'd argue that the top right and left birds are the same size and the bottom one is smaller. It also has less white around the beak. Different subspecies?
  8. Melierax
    Strikes me as a Harrier...
  9. Melierax
    Yep, Blackburnian ?
  10. Melierax
    I think so. I've never heard one make that specific noise, but they make a wide range of different noises and this one has the same quality to it.
  11. Melierax
    I agree! Excellent photos.
  12. Melierax
    I was thinking Cape May. What do you think?
  13. Melierax
    Why not Cape May for 3?
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  15. Melierax
    Okay let's pick something more possible right now: two warbler species in one photo ?
  16. Melierax
    Yep I said that. Only works for adult birds. The bill on this one looks pretty slight but the second photos definitely doesn't look like golden-plover to me. Just looking at Sibley's, the top of the tail in BBPL is starkly black and white whereas in golden plovers it's kinda buffy. Not sure if that's reliable but based on that this bird is a BBPL.
  17. Melierax
    House Sparrows. Females and young males I believe.
  18. Melierax
    Now what do we do? ?
  19. Melierax
    Lucky chipmunk! It's a Sharp-shinned or Cooper's. It looks capped to me which is why I'm leaning Cooper's, but it also has a somewhat lean appearance that could be due to the angle.
  20. Melierax
    Yep! The golden-plovers can be ruled out by the clean white undertail.
  21. Melierax
    Thank you!
  22. Melierax
    Seeing the recent post about a Jaeger made me want to post my Jaeger again. I've tried to ID this multiple times with little success. I think there has been general consensus but I don't remember which species it was. Obviously the photos aren't very good, but maybe... https://ebird.org/checklist/S39148435
  23. Melierax
    That would be Broad-tailed. Notice the very prominent tail that sticks out far past the tips of the wings. They also show very buffy sides, which doesn't really appear in Black-chinneds. snipe'd....
  24. Melierax
    Hmm. If viewed from the back, I think a nonbreeding Scarlet Tanager could look like that...
  25. Melierax
    I'm going out on a I-don't-know-anything limb to guess female Bay-breasted.
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