Melierax

The white supercilium hints towards hybrid. I'm good with hybrid - doesn't look pure to me.

Merry Christmas!!

Alrighty! Next challenge is... three diving duck species in one photo. Hopefully that's achievable?

That's a woodpecker- I think Red-bellied.

Oh, I think I got one... yep. Forgot about this lol, saw these Sunday. Herring Gull far right, Californias and a Ring-billed far left.

The challenge was three gull species, and I think we've done that challenge before

Okay, that was the field mark I wasn't sure on. Thanks all!

Aww, that's a fledgling swallow. I'd say Tree Swallow.

@Tony LeukeringAny thoughts?

EDIT: Since this is often a topic of confusion, I am aware this is a Red-tailed Hawk ? Thinking Harlan's on this bird since I've never seen this plumage on a classic immature western, but I don't know the range of variation in immatures.

This is a Canada. Cacklers have really short beaks and steep foreheads.

Kind of impossible to ID from the photo, but strikes me as a Pacific Wren. Habitat fits too.

Looks good to me - very dark coloration, white speckling concentrated in breast, light streaks across the face. There may be other field marks that are more reliable though.

Swainson's don't show belly bands. Red-tailed Hawk - probably Krider's? Not good with those subspecies.

I have that book!

I'm pretty sure the first birds I ever technically "saw" were House Finches. My first list I ever put on eBird was a whale watching cruise and that included Pigeon Guillemots, Rhinoceros Auklets and stuff so that doesn't really count. I remember American Pelicans flying over the house, and a Peregrine Falcon which I'm still not sure was an actual Peregrine or not... if my memory from when I was like 6 is any good it definitely was, but who knows!

Not IDable without photos or in-person recognition of features, namely bill size. Not sure which one is more likely - I saw both when I was in San Diego in summer a while ago.

I have a couple:

California Towhee?

Red-breasted Nuthatch?

Reason being, they're looking for handouts ? . They tend to wander a lot more when in the wilderness.

I first joined the forum in November 2015. I'm so glad that it's starting to pick up speed again! I learned so much from everyone on here.

Only the mods can move it - that's why Michael mentioned Aveschapines.

Half making fun here, half not, but are you even trying to ID these on your own? ?