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just one other photo, a bit noisier and farther away. Looks to depict the darker head/lighter neck transition anyway.
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Western MT this morning 5/28/23. Noticed two large V's of CANG and I did a double-take on one group - noting a much smaller bird in the formation as they got directly overhead. Snapped a couple quick photos. The bird appears much slighter/lighter than the CANGs but was flapping similarly to them, and not rapidly like a duck. I cropped the photo and lightened it a bit to reveal a dark(but not black) head, no chin patch, long narrow wings, and maybe a hint of yellow or orange on the bill.
Wayward Eurasian goose? Escaped domestic? Any ideas?
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I think all Lessers. That middle bird in the first photo isn't "cheeky" enough for Greater - and in the last photo the same bird has a peaked head.
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Boldly-spotted undertail coverts. White corners on broad tail. Yeah...Robin looks good to me, but I might be missing something.
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Yes. That gray cheek patch is a great mark.
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What about Alder here? Hint of eyering - more so than what I might expect on Willow. The broad tail seems to rule out Least.
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The tail pattern fits into the array of light-morph Harlan's, but the rest of the bird appears dark-morph Western. Perhaps this an intergrade Western/Harlan's.
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I am thinking a first-cycle Thayer's would have an all-back bill and I would expect more defined lighter edges to the primary tips. This is has a first-cycle Herring vibe to me. Spotty scapulars, inner primary window, and the pale mucky bill base. See what others think.
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The thin crisp streaks on the breast and lack of any UTC markings are leaning to juvi COHA for me.
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Thin toes suggests Sharpie.
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I see strong barring on the greater coverts which suggests AMWI. EUWI coverts would have dark centers with weak bars. On my computer screen the head looks quite gray.
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I see wide and fairly blurry chest markings, along with some barring on the flanks, and fairly even-length retrices - - all pointing me to SSHA.
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Merlin and Red-tailed Hawk are correct.
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A dark-morph harlani would typically appear quite black, and usually variably streaked with white. I see nothing in these photos that decidedly moves to Harlan's.
Perhaps then just a dark or intermediate morph calurus.
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I think your oranger-billed photo may be Z.l. gambelii, unless it's a yellow bill stained orange by fruit?
The yellower-billed photos appear to be Z.l.nuttalli.
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Yes. You'll often find their tails described as fan-shaped (crow) or wedge-shaped (raven). Most field guides note this.
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Definitely raven.
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2nd Cycle Thayer's Iceland perhaps. Wait for other opinions though.
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western MT, Dec 19,2019.
Would like some feedback or confirmation on this one. I am thinking dark-morph juvi Harlan's.
Juvenile - because it lacks subterminal bands on retrices and remiges.
Harlan's - because it was a very dark bird with white speckles on throat, belly, and back, and...
this from HawkWatch Int'l website: "Dark-morph Juvenile ranges from completely streaked below to solidly dark. Juvenile typically has outer primaries banded at the tips, and tail tip shows "spiked" look "
This bird displays the outer primaries banded at the tips, but unless the tail is worn, I don't think I can make out a "spiked" look.
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Looks like a Red-tailed.
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You got it.
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Golden-crowned Kinglet
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The bills seem on the long side for SESA. and if these are recent pics then WESA seems more likely as AlexH mentions?
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Help with oddball goose
in Help Me Identify a North American Bird
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I perused all my books and multiple web resources and I arrive at Bean Goose as well. It would sure be nice to hear from some others on this. Perhaps the holiday has some folks away from the forum. Head-neck contrast and lack of belly stripes seems to rule out GWFG. When zoomed in on Lightroom, I see orangey-pink hints in the bill and the visible foot.