Viurre Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Is there any way to tell what these are? 1. Flew before I could get a 2nd shot: 2. Not the one behind that is obviously a killdeer, but the smaller one in front. It was fairly zoomed-in, not sure if it is possible to ID Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Bird 1. Mourning dove. 2. I can’t really make out anything other than the killdeer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viurre Posted September 6, 2021 Author Share Posted September 6, 2021 I think there may be two birds in photo #1. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Just now, Viurre said: I think there may be two birds in photo #1. Where? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viurre Posted September 6, 2021 Author Share Posted September 6, 2021 I am seeing a head below the mourning dove head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Viurre said: I am seeing a head below the mourning dove head. Oh, I believe thats just the wing, but I may be wrong. Edited September 6, 2021 by IKLland Typo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 It's a Mourning Dove in the first one indeed, tapered tail with white tip and slender shape with gray-brown color. Really, the second photo I can't tell, they are absolutely blurry blobs. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasan Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 First photo is a single Mourning Dove, second is definitely just two Killdeer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 3 hours ago, IKLland said: Oh, I believe thats just the wing, but I may be wrong. It is the wing. Like Hasan, I was thinking two Killdeer for the second photo, but I am not going to die on that hill. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 13 minutes ago, Peromyscus said: It is the wing. Like Hasan, I was thinking two Killdeer for the second photo, but I am not going to die on that hill. This is the second time I've been confused by this. What does it mean, exactly, to 'die on a hill' ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Quiscalus quiscula said: This is the second time I've been confused by this. What does it mean, exactly, to 'die on a hill' ??? "An allusion to the military practice of capturing/holding a hill (high ground), no matter the cost or (lack of) benefit [...] Usually used in the negative, as in "I strongly disagree with their decision, but it's not a hill I'm willing to die on" [...]" https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hill_to_die_on Edited September 6, 2021 by Peromyscus 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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