"I thought that because fewer wolves meant more deer, that no wolves would mean hunters' paradise. But after seeing the green fire die, I sensed that neither the wolf nor the mountain agreed with such a view."
Aldo Leopold
Ah, yes, I think you are correct. I can't see any spots on it's belly, but perhaps they lose them with winter plumage? Come to think of it, I belive I posted a spotted in the first ID thread.
"I thought that because fewer wolves meant more deer, that no wolves would mean hunters' paradise. But after seeing the green fire die, I sensed that neither the wolf nor the mountain agreed with such a view."
Aldo Leopold
SPOTTED SANDPIPER. It appears to be adult non breeding plumage to me, but may very well be a first winter plumage bird. They only have spotted breasts in breeding plumage BTW.
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Good idea Paul. Is the first ID thread still accessible anywhere? I was looking for it the other day to review the sandpiper that I had posted in it, but I couldn't find it. I assume that it was taken down for good, but thought I would ask to be sure.
"I thought that because fewer wolves meant more deer, that no wolves would mean hunters' paradise. But after seeing the green fire die, I sensed that neither the wolf nor the mountain agreed with such a view."
Aldo Leopold
Good idea Paul. Is the first ID thread still accessible anywhere? I was looking for it the other day to review the sandpiper that I had posted in it, but I couldn't find it. I assume that it was taken down for good, but thought I would ask to be sure.
Someday PJ will get around to cutting it into pieces and moving it here?????
Who knows, maybe MY MOD PROFILE will magicly appear too ;)
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"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both" - Benjamin Franklin
i took nice pic of a heron flying up the river , he is always behind my house on the river bank looking for his food... i tried to put the pic here but for some reason it will not upload so its in the gallery..............cheers
alboy are you sure your respecting the file size and image size to upload ?
Tough call there! I have never seen a pine grosbeak, With that faint an eye stripe and lack of the bright wingbars, I would say juvenile?
All my ID books are packed away with the rest of my gear right now. Starting at MIDNIGHT I am doing the Christmas Bird Count until dark tomorrow Good thing I got up at 6AM today to shop huh
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My first thought when I saw this in the field was that it's a Hairy Woodpecker. When I got home and looked in my book, it seems that the marks are very similar to the Downy. These aren't the greatest pics, but I'm sticking with my first thoughts and going with a Hairy Woodpecker.
"I thought that because fewer wolves meant more deer, that no wolves would mean hunters' paradise. But after seeing the green fire die, I sensed that neither the wolf nor the mountain agreed with such a view."
Aldo Leopold
"I thought that because fewer wolves meant more deer, that no wolves would mean hunters' paradise. But after seeing the green fire die, I sensed that neither the wolf nor the mountain agreed with such a view."
Aldo Leopold
Came across this bird on a trail through woods near a marsh. He ran along the trail in from of me for a while and this was the best shot I could get that wasn't just his rear end. Looks like a house sparrow, but it was pretty orange and extremely puffed up, as you can see. So what it is?
yup its a common one, there is hundreds of them here.
there is a sparrow hawk always having a go at them, the gulls gang up on it, im yet to get a good shot of that happening......
cheers.
alan...
I don't want to sound like a know it all, but who says that it's a herring gull? While the UK has herring gulls of a different subspecies, I know the subspecies that resides in the US quite well . The outer flight feathers don't have enough black to my eyes, but I could also be WRONG since that's a different subspecies??
The UK has Larus argentatus argenteus , while the US has Larus argentatus smithsonianus
" The Common Gull is most likely to be mistaken for a Herring Gull but notice that it is much smaller with altogether more delicate features, including the fine bill which lacks a red spot. It also has greenish legs and a darker grey back than most Herring Gulls. In flight the black in the primaries makes a more extensive wedge with bolder neater white blobs near the tips. Immature Common Gulls in flight have a conspicuous black wedge on the leading edge of the primaries "
After much google research I still am not convinced of either ID ;) The white on the wing tips of the adult COMMON gull is missing and the BLACK feathers in the tips seems too little for herring gull. herring gulls have 4 different winter(or summer) plumages by age, so this very well could be a 3rd year herring with fewer black wing tip feathers than usual ;)
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Good thing I got up at 6AM today to shop huh 
