[Mergansers and swallows]

Thank you. 

[Mergansers and swallows]

Pennsylvania, SW. 

[Mergansers and swallows]

1. What type of merganser? Common or Red-breasted?

A. 

B.

2. Juvenile Tree Swallows?

 

[Telling teals apart plus a merganser - Central PA Today]

Thanks. Have to admit with the last one I wasn't sure. 

[Telling teals apart plus a merganser - Central PA Today]

About the 3rd and the 4th?

[Telling teals apart plus a merganser - Central PA Today]

There has been a rare Cinnamon Teal appearance in Central Pa, and I am just verifying I got a picture (although it was very zoomed in and not great). There were other teals in the same pond and a few other ducks, just trying to make sure I have them straight: 

1. Cinnamon Teal

2. Blue Wing Teal female and male

3.  Not sure

4. Lastly, just verifying this is a Common Merganser female (SW PA, Yesterday)

 

 

[Is there any way to tell what this is?]

SW PA, last Sunday. Sorry, only two shots and I know they are terrible. 

 

[Zoomed-in bird, SW PA last Sunday]

Just checking. I knew they were bad, but some people are better at bad photos than others. Thanks for trying. 

[Zoomed-in bird, SW PA last Sunday]

Any way to tell what this is/these are? Not sure if both of these are the same bird. I was very far away and they are zoomed-in to the nth degree. Only photos. 

A. 

B. 

 

 

[Bird Sound ID, SW PA, Yesterday]

Very possible. I have sometimes problems telling what is an animal sound vs bird. I just didn't think squirrels screeched like that.

[Bird Sound ID, SW PA, Yesterday]

I was in a sort of swampy wetland area. There was this bird that kept clucking and then it would make a funny screech. I tried to get a recording but it was windy, so there might be a lot of noise in this.

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[A few birds from yesterday, SW PA]

1. Common Yellowthroat?

2. Not sure which sparrow. Might be too hard to tell.

3. Raptor. Only shot. I know it is terrible.

 

 

[Raptor, SW PA, Yesterday]

1. I thought this might be a Red Tailed Hawk, but its head seemed awfully dark.

 

 

 

[Buncha warblers SW PA, Yesterday]

I apologize if some of these seem over-exposed, the sun was shining directly on the pines these warblers were in. Tried to darken some. 

1. Cape May?

2. Pine Warbler?

3. Not sure

 

4. Unsure. Too much sun.

5. Unsure

6. May be the same as #5, unsure, again Sun too bright

7. Cape May?

8. Not sure

 

 

[Two sparrows today, South Central PA]

Thanks. 

[South Central PA, today - House or Purple finch?]

Thanks. Weirdly I tend to be able to tell the difference more easily with the females.

[South Central PA, today - House or Purple finch?]

Is this a house or purple finch?

 

[Two sparrows today, South Central PA]

Are these song sparrows?

A. 

B.

 

 

[Verifying a Merlin ID]

Is Merlin wrong a lot?

[Verifying a Merlin ID]

What do you mean by the leading edge of the wing?

[Verifying a Merlin ID]

That did not help, the website. I cannot tell the difference between a juvenile bald eagle and a golden eagle, other than there is supposed to be some splotchy white on the juvenile bald eagle, and there isn't really white on the photo I have above. Or in the other photos I have. 

[Verifying a Merlin ID]

Differences so I know in the future?

[Verifying a Merlin ID]

Merlin says this is a Golden Eagle. I want to be sure before I report it. It would be a lifer if it is one. SW PA, Today. 

 

[ID warbler or vireo, South Central PA, Today]

1. Not sure which warbler or vireo this is (sorry only shot, it was very early in the morning and kind of dark):

 

[Two birds in a wet farm field today, So. Central PA]

I am seeing a head below the mourning dove head.