lonesome55dove

Good Morning Class, here's today's geography/history lesson, lol! 🙂 Twelve US states have a city/town called Philadelphia as do these countries... Brazil, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Turkey, Paraguay, Namibia, Liberia, Jordan, Jamaica, Germany, and Costa Rica. Who knew??

Probably a long shot but... Could the bill be stained due to the bird eating red berries or some kind of red fruit? How about a European Starling with a stained bill? 🙂

Welcome to Whatbird. It is an Evening Grosbeak...a beautiful bird. Sorry that you had to find it in this condition. 🙂

I agree, removing the previous post would help but locking the thread so additional comments cannot be added is a great idea. 🙂

Do you think changing the wording in the topic headline would help keep actual ID requests out of this thread? Maybe something like ''Tips, Tricks and Guidelines for getting a successful bird ID''. I don't know for sure of course but maybe the word ''request'' is misleading for some folks...especially if the information you've provided isn't read. 🙂

I believe you are correct...a dark forehead would indicate a Gamble's. A California Quail has a buffy forehead and a darker brown crown. 🙂

Ovenbird. 🙂 Photo Credit: Wikipedia / Cephas [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]

Laughing Gull. 🙂

Sorry, West Coast gulls are all I have to offer ...but thanks for the comment. Apparently, gull experts are hard to come by! 🙂

Bump. Thanks. 🙂

Ring-billed?? Herring?? Thank you. 🙂

After some research, I think this might possibly be a 1st winter Glaucous-wing x Western Gull...can anyone confirm? Thank you. 🙂

Taken MAY 2011 / Columbia River / WA-OR Your help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you. 🙂

Taken APR-MAY 2011 / Columbia River/ WA-OR Any help with these gulls will be appreciated? Thank you. 🙂