Robert Nelson Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 https://flic.kr/p/27QcVCV https://flic.kr/p/26snRaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean C Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 1: Tree Swallow? 2: Looks like a Williamson's Sapsucker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackburnian Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Agreed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nighthawk01 Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Thirded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Pretty sure the woodpecker is a Red-naped Sapsucker. What makes you all think Williamson's Sapsucker? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psweet Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 The woodpecker is a Red-naped. Female Williamson's are the only sapsucker without the longitudinal white wing stripe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Nelson Posted July 17, 2018 Author Share Posted July 17, 2018 Thank you! There was an adult male Red-naped Sapsucker in the area, so this is probably the female. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 1 minute ago, Robert Nelson said: Thank you! There was an adult male Red-naped Sapsucker in the area, so this is probably the female. It's a juvenile with the brown mottled head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackburnian Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 My initial thought was Red-naped but I quickly checked google just to make sure Williamson's can't look like that and found a picture identical to the bird in question. I now see that the photo on google was misidentified. Live and learn I suppose. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psweet Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 This is why we say, get a good field guide! Google images are notoriously problematic -- even if the photo was correctly identified on a website, that doesn't mean Google got it right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerMaeve Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Next time include a location, @Robert Nelson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 (edited) On 7/17/2018 at 11:10 AM, blackburnian said: My initial thought was Red-naped but I quickly checked google just to make sure Williamson's can't look like that and found a picture identical to the bird in question. I now see that the photo on google was misidentified. Live and learn I suppose. Or use web sites dedicated to birds. Unlike general purpose search engines, these sites verify the photos for accuracy. Of course, a good field guide can do more than ID birds after you've seen them. Just browsing through it will familiarize you with the various families of birds. Most of the good ones all organized the same way, so getting comfortable with the order of one will enable you to use others. And they never need batteries or an Internet connection. Edited August 5, 2018 by Administrator Author of the post requested that a link be removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackburnian Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 3 hours ago, psweet said: This is why we say, get a good field guide! Google images are notoriously problematic -- even if the photo was correctly identified on a website, that doesn't mean Google got it right. Very true. I have all the best field guides but rarely use them any more. I only use google when I quickly need to check something, and when I’m on this forum, I’m almost never at home to access one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 2 minutes ago, Charlie Spencer said: Or use web sites dedicated to birds. Unlike general purpose search engines, these sites verify the photos for accuracy. https://www.allaboutbirds.org/ https://www.macaulaylibrary.org/ Although they do try to verify as many photos uploaded to Macaulay Library (from eBird) as they can, there are too many to look through, so there are lots of incorrect identifications there. Just do a search for Savannah Sparrow.... ? Probably not the best site for a new birder to use. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 I withdraw the suggestion! I'll see if I can get it edited by a mod. Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darknight Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Interestingly, Google Images almost always labels images from All About Birds wrong. Their similar species section must confuse it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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