floraphile Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 13 Apr 2022 Dauphin Island, Mobile co AL; drainage ditch at edge of bird sanctuary 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 My first instinct is Northern, but wait for a confirmation 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 (edited) 17 minutes ago, Avery said: My first instinct is Northern, but wait for a confirmation Dull legs made me thing this too, but the eyebrow is making me second guess this… Edited April 13 by IKLland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floraphile Posted April 13 Author Share Posted April 13 (edited) 2 minutes ago, IKLland said: Dull legs made me thing this too, but the eyebrow is making me second guess this… I agree with the eyebrow thing. It was in very heavy shade, so hard to see leg coloring & color shade of bird. Edited April 13 by floraphile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meghann Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Any other shots at all that show the throat better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floraphile Posted April 13 Author Share Posted April 13 3 minutes ago, meghann said: Any other shots at all that show the throat better? Let me look-- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floraphile Posted April 13 Author Share Posted April 13 @meghann--no frontal shots of the throat. This is the best one. Looks pretty streaky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Northern Waterthrush is my first reaction 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floraphile Posted April 14 Author Share Posted April 14 I went back and looked at sightings in the area and a Louisiana was seen at the same Hotspot a couple of days ago--from the photo it looks like the same drainage ditch. So, on closer inspection of the first picture, I think the throat does look too clean for Northern. Yays? Nays? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avery Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Just now, floraphile said: I went back and looked at sightings in the area and a Louisiana was seen at the same Hotspot a couple of days ago--from the photo it looks like the same drainage ditch. So, on closer inspection of the first picture, I think the throat does look too clean for Northern. Yays? Nays? Both should be coming through your area right now, so Northern isn’t out of the range of possibility. It’s certainly less common, but I’m sticking with Northern. Safest thing to do is report it as a slash. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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