Sean C Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 (edited) Can you guys ID these Birds? The Raptors were seen several years ago... are they PEFA? Also, is the Sandpiper a SOSA or Yellowlegs? Seen August 2017. Thanks Edited June 1, 2019 by Sean C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 (edited) I'm pretty sure the second photo is of a bird; an airplane would show an upraised vertical tail and I don't see the diagnostic rotors of a helicopter. Song Sparrow, maybe? Edited June 1, 2019 by Charlie Spencer 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean C Posted June 2, 2019 Author Share Posted June 2, 2019 Here are the photos cropped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 2nd one looks like a Great Blue to me, but I've been wrong most of the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 The first photos are too small and I am unable to see the cropped versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean C Posted June 2, 2019 Author Share Posted June 2, 2019 @The Bird Nuts here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 (edited) 8 hours ago, The Bird Nuts said: The first photos are too small and I am unable to see the cropped versions. Now I can't see the second ones either. The third one of the raptors is there but not the second bird. Edited June 2, 2019 by Charlie Spencer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bird Nuts Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 The raptors look like large Buteos to me, so probably Red-tailed, but can't say for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean C Posted June 2, 2019 Author Share Posted June 2, 2019 @Charlie Spencer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
birdbrain22 Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 I doubt a positive ID can be made for either... buteo sp for the raptor and bird sp for #2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HamRHead Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 (edited) Agreed--no way to make a positive ID. For a non-positive ID, however, at least on the last bird, I'm leaning Stilt Sandpiper. The legs and bill are too long for Solitary. And for some reason, neither one of the yellowlegs are resonating with my Giss-O-Matic 5000. Of course it's possible that the old Giss-O-Matic may need to be recalibrated. Edited June 5, 2019 by HamRHead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 I completely overlooked the possibility of the second one being a Romulan Bird of Prey. I think that's the Mark IV model. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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