Dan P Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 Taken on 9-11-2021 in the morning at Ballona Freshwater Marsh in Playa del Rey, CA (Los Angeles). In the first photo, the bird on the left I identify as a Cassin's Kingbird. But I don't know about the bird on the right. The remaining 3 photos are of the bird on the right in the first photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 The bird on the right is Western I believe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 9 hours ago, Aidan B said: The bird on the right is Western I believe. I think so too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexHenry Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 How are you ruling out Tropical Kingbird for the bird on the left in the first photo? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan P Posted September 14, 2021 Author Share Posted September 14, 2021 1 hour ago, AlexHenry said: How are you ruling out Tropical Kingbird for the bird on the left in the first photo? Fair point. I personally don't have the expertise to rule out Tropical. Cassin's is much more common around here. Tropical is somewhat rare, and I've never seen one. The two most common in this area are Cassin's (seen most often) and Western (seen occasionally), and I can usually distinguish between them. But if I saw a Tropical I'm not sure that I would recognize it was different than a Cassin's. Attached are a couple more photos of the left-hand bird. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiscalus quiscula Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 2 minutes ago, Dan P said: Fair point. I personally don't have the expertise to rule out Tropical. Cassin's is much more common around here. Tropical is somewhat rare, and I've never seen one. The two most common in this area are Cassin's (seen most often) and Western (seen occasionally), and I can usually distinguish between them. But if I saw a Tropical I'm not sure that I would recognize it was different than a Cassin's. Attached are a couple more photos of the left-hand bird Looks fine for Cassin's. I believe Tropical look more like Western than Cassin's, and this bird is I think pretty clearly Cassin's with the dark gray head and white throat patch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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