sbruenjes Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 I saw these birds this past week while on vacation, hiking the Kachina Wetlands in Flagstaff, AZ. I'm not at all familiar with AZ birds, so any help would be greatly appreciated. I think the 4th pic looks like a familiar song sparrow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 1, 2, 6 are bluebirds. 3 and 4 are a Yellow-rumped Warbler. 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasan Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 5 is a Sparrow, perhaps Song? Not really sure 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 1 minute ago, Hasan said: 5 is a Sparrow, perhaps Song? Not really sure My impression was Vesper Sparrow. I'm not sure it's identifiable. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seanbirds Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 53 minutes ago, The Bird Nuts said: My impression was Vesper Sparrow. Me too. 54 minutes ago, The Bird Nuts said: I'm not sure it's identifiable. Agreed. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 7 hours ago, Kevin said: 1, 2, 6 are bluebirds. Can we narrow these down to Westerns? Are they too far west to be Easterns? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 (edited) Vesper was my impression, but I'm not at all sure of that. Edited July 25, 2021 by Kevin 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 2 hours ago, Charlie Spencer said: Can we narrow these down to Westerns? Are they too far west to be Easterns? Yes. They are Westerns. Flagstaff is too far west (and too far north in Arizona) for them to be Easterns. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Eastern_Bluebird/maps-range 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 2 hours ago, Charlie Spencer said: Can we narrow these down to Westerns? Are they too far west to be Easterns? Yes. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 https://ebird.org/map/easblu?neg=true&env.minX=&env.minY=&env.maxX=&env.maxY=&zh=false&gp=false&ev=Z&mr=1-12&bmo=1&emo=12&yr=all&byr=1900&eyr=2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasan Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 3 hours ago, Kevin said: Yes. A minor nitpick but they are decidedly not too far west- there is a population of Eastern Bluebirds in far southern AZ, I have it on my AZ list. Rather, the important part is that this was taken in Flagstaff, which is far north of their range 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbruenjes Posted July 25, 2021 Author Share Posted July 25, 2021 Any chance any of these are juvenile mountain bluebirds? I see those being reported at the Kachina Wetlands recently? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 On 7/25/2021 at 11:32 AM, sbruenjes said: Any chance any of these are juvenile mountain bluebirds? I see those being reported at the Kachina Wetlands recently? Nah, they all have rusty on the chest which Mountain Bluebirds, even juveniles, would not have. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasan Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Quiscalus quiscula said: Nah, they all have rusty on the chest which Mountain Bluebirds, even juveniles, would not have. This is not exactly true, some female-type Mountains have a reddish wash on the chest which is a subtlety that sometimes makes ID difficult. However, there are no mountain bluebirds in these photos 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 Just now, Hasan said: This is not exactly true, some female-type Mountains have a reddish wash on the chest which is a subtlety that sometimes makes ID difficult. However, there are no mountain bluebirds in these photos Okay, good to know. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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