Bird Id Part 2.5

[Lava Lamp]

As close as I've gotten (today) to one of these...

[Lava Lamp]

Here's the front view. The backlighting was savage, so this is kinda salvaged.

[paulnj]

I know what iT is.. from the back even So ,let's see how good you are.What is it LL ??

These are great images for ID besides the under tail color.

[Knight]

RTH is my guess But then again i may well be wrong lol
Good closup capture LL

[Lava Lamp]

I know what iT is.. from the back even So ,let's see how good you are.What is it LL ??

These are great images for ID besides the under tail color.

Well, it's a juvenille. I thought it was a red-tailed hawk, but you could convince me that it is a broad-winged hawk or even the Florida variant of the Red-Shouldered Hwak.

[paulnj]

you are correct!

Btw.. last night my puter and PR were acting funny together, hence the double post ;)

[Lava Lamp]

Thank you. Thank you very much.

What's this one?

[mdwsr]

Lava - that's a green wing teal

Can anyone ID this bird? I thought it was a northern flicker but not sure now, it lacks the black neck band:

[mjs1973]

My first guess was a flcker also. I'm still new to birds tho so don't take this as confirmation.

[paulnj]

GW teal is correct and the flicker is a first winter(read juvenile) yellow shafter variety of the northern flicker

[mdwsr]

GW teal is correct and the flicker is a first winter(read juvenile) yellow shafter variety of the northern flicker

Thanks all. paulnj, I thought that might be the case as well, but this bird is much larger than the northern flickers I have seen around here before. I have a picture of a pair that looks much different from the neck up.

[paulnj]

Did you ever think that this is a migrant bird from CANADA maybe? Canadian robins are larger, so maybe there flickers are too?

post your image please, so I can ID them too ;) you may have RED shafter (western) northern flickers, while this is an EASTERN subspecies ;)?

[mdwsr]

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post your image please, so I can ID them too ;) you may have RED shafter (western) northern flickers, while this is an EASTERN subspecies ;)?

Here is a shot of a pair of yellow-shafted northern flickers I shot about ten miles away, maybe 1 month earlier:

[paulnj]

Sure are and the male is the top one ;)

I assure you that your first image is a yellow shafted flicker too.

Whether it's a young bird or just abberant, I can't honestly tell you for sure. I will also give you my educate guess that this is most likely a female too.

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/birdhou....html#Physical

[mdwsr]

Thanks for the attention to detail, paul. I agree, it must be a northern flicker, but I've been watching this bird for over a month and it seems so much larger than the ones in the other picture, which are in a different location and are much different than the one(s) living behind my house. The picture I posted is not the best quality, but it is the best I have been able to capture so far. I have a blind and feeders set up in this area and hope to get many more shots.

[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]

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...

[paulnj]

How did I miss this blue winged teal? sorry... the thread is hard to rumage through for new posts ;)

[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

[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.