Melierax
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Merry Christmas!!
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2 hours ago, BlueJay said:
@Melierax, looks good, you get to choose the next challenge.
Alrighty! Next challenge is... three diving duck species in one photo. Hopefully that's achievable?
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That's a woodpecker- I think Red-bellied.
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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.
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Just now, IKLland said:
If pic is to poor than I understand
i will be busy tomorrow so I am posting challenge now.
take a pic of three+ species of birds on your feeders at once, in the same pic.
is this to easy?? I can make it harder...The challenge was three gull species, and I think we've done that challenge before
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16 hours ago, Tony Leukering said:
The one relevant photo is not quite good enough to be sure, but it looks as if the black of the subterminal dark tail band does not bleed down the shaft to the tip, so probably not Harlan's.
Okay, that was the field mark I wasn't sure on. Thanks all!
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Aww, that's a fledgling swallow. I'd say Tree Swallow.
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@Tony LeukeringAny thoughts?
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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.
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This is a Canada. Cacklers have really short beaks and steep foreheads.
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Kind of impossible to ID from the photo, but strikes me as a Pacific Wren. Habitat fits too.
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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.
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Swainson's don't show belly bands. Red-tailed Hawk - probably Krider's? Not good with those subspecies.
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3 hours ago, Charlie Spencer said:
We lived in Upper Michigan in '68 and '69. Dad bought the Golden Field Guide to Birds of N.A. It had a checklist in the back. There are lots of birds marked, not just from MI but from other states we lived in after that. But there are no dates or locations, just check marks next to species' names. And I can't figure out when we would have seen Caribbean Flamingos or Roseate Spoonbills. (That college Marine Biology trip to FL Keys in '80?) I've since seen and documented almost all of the birds checked in that book, but 12 of them still elude me. If I have nemeses, those are the ones.
But from the ones in that book that are commonly found in Northern MI, I'd go with Black-Capped Chickadee. There; wasn't that the long way to go to get an answer? (I went farther than that to get BCCH off that Undocumented Nemeses List, all the way to Maine.)
I have that book!
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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!
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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.
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I have a couple:
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California Towhee?
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Red-breasted Nuthatch?
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Reason being, they're looking for handouts ? . They tend to wander a lot more when in the wilderness.
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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.
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6 minutes ago, jonesmunoz said:
Okay, so I don’t see how I can move it. Thanks
Only the mods can move it - that's why Michael mentioned Aveschapines.
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Half making fun here, half not, but are you even trying to ID these on your own? ?
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What kind of sapsucker?
in Help Me Identify a North American Bird
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The white supercilium hints towards hybrid. I'm good with hybrid - doesn't look pure to me.