Bird Id Part 2.5

[dadas115]

Very nice photos of a golden-crowned kinglet!

Greg

regulus regulus, I think.

Looking at these again. I'm pretty sure I've captured two different individuals here.
Last photo is an exanple of the ofher 30 or so

[dadas115]

This looks VERY much like a black vulture. I have seen a couple of juv TV's in the past and this doesn't look like them to me. Even if you look in the Sibley's guide it doesn't look like a juv TV.

Greg

Boy, just when you think you have one down... ;)

Here's a close-up crop of one that I thought was a black vulture. It very well could be a juvenile turkey vulture. It was perhaps a little bigger than a black. I thought there were blacks circling around though: in addition to the grey vs. red head, the wing tips were different, and the top of the wings lacked the brown you see on turkeys.

[dadas115]

This looks a lot like a red-bellied woodpecker to me.

Greg

Sorry about the number of posts, but thought it would make it easier than one post with a bazillion pics on it. ;) Plus, I don't think I could do that many on one post.

I know it's a woodpecker and have not had a chance to look it up in my new bird book yet.

[paulnj]

read my reply Greg and his correct ID too ;) He is in the UK. Yes, if this was a US bird it would be mistaken for a GC kinglet, but for some suttle differences.

[dadas115]

My guesses are Northern mockingbird and House finch though the second one does appear to have a bit of a tanager beak in the picture it still says house finch to me.

Greg

Here a couple more. Not sure about the first one. I did try to look up the second one and the closest I could come was a Summer Tanager.

[dadas115]

My guess is downey woodpecker. In the second picture you can really see the woodpecker tail.

Greg

One more here. Not sure of this one. Maybe a woodpecker of some kind.

[Lava Lamp]

I posted a way-too-dark version last time. This is better.

[Lava Lamp]

Probably an easy ID, but what the heck...

[jfelbab]

Probably an easy ID, but what the heck...

Simply stunning. You can't even see the fine wires holding him up.

Exposure details please.

[Knight]

GGreat Capture LL ,in flight shot is superb

[paulnj]

Juvenile YC night-heron. Nice capture too!

[paulnj]

I posted a way-too-dark version last time. This is better.

Still a TV ;) NO DOUBT about it either. BROWN bird, feathers are too high up the head for black vulture and.... TV's are brown like this one ;)

[Lava Lamp]

The Sibley guide came in handy...

[Lava Lamp]

Are you sure he's not a juvenille one of these?

[Lava Lamp]

Has some luck today...

[dadas115]

Nice work Lava, all three are lovely pictures.

Here are a couple of my recent new birds to test your ID skills with ;)

Greg

[srobb]

Ok, I will take a try at these.

Green-tailed Towhee

Northern Pygmy Owl

Dark-eyed Junco

The last one I am still trying to figure out.

The only thing I can come up with on the last one is Phainopepla of the female persuasion.

[paulnj]

Are you sure he's not a juvenille one of these?

You got me !!! BC and YC juveniles look very similiar in flight to me atleast. I see far more YC's in NJ , but yellow lores make YOU CORRECT !!!!

[paulnj]

Ok, I will take a try at these.



Northern Pygmy Owl

Dark-eyed Junco

The last one I am still trying to figure out.

The only thing I can come up with on the last one is Phainopepla of the female persuasion.

SO CLOSE TOO........

Green-tailed Towhee is correct

The owl is a ferruginous pygmy owl I do believe

Thedark eyed junco is of a western race, mostlikely the red backed subspecies.

and that is most definately a female phainopepla(which is the only of the 4 silky flycatchers world wide to reside in the US)

[Lava Lamp]

Shot yesterday...

[Lava Lamp]

Shot yesterday...

[paulnj]

That coot is nice, but WHERE did you find a common pochard? You didn't think you'd get me to say redhead did you ?

[mjs1973]

My fiancee spotted these while on the way to her dads house tonight.

[mjs1973]

These are my first recognizable pics of an American Kestral. I have seen tons of them, mostly sitting on power lines, but they NEVER stick around for a photo. I saw this one sitting on a post while on my way home today and thought maybe I could get a shot. I whipped a U-turn and went back to see if today was my lucky day. I shot these across a 4 lane highway and they are cropped pretty heavily. It didn't stick around long before taking off for a power line where another kestral was also sitting.

A new goal for this year is to get a GREAT shot of one of these.

[srobb]

Nice pics of the kestrel, mike, and congrats on getting these. I know how it is. I am really wanting to get some good pics of any of the local raptors around here.

I am going to take a guess that your gf caught a couple of bald eagles on her pics.