Bird ID part V

[Lava Lamp]

But now I think it is something else.

[Lava Lamp]

This is a zoo bird, but I liked him.

[paulnj]

My first nature photo shoot Bald Eagles!



Kim

Alright Kim!!!! Keep those images coming! You are catching on quite nicely after only a week or so!

[paulnj]

Yes that's a RTHA . Notice the tell tail belly band , but most importantly see the dark area near were the wing meets the body.... EVERY redtailed hawk has that dark patch. Redtailed hawks are very variable throughout their range!

White Ibis is a given

You are correct this isn't a snowy, but it's a cattle egret

Nice image of a south african shelduck test huh ;)

[Lava Lamp]

Yes that's a RTHA . Notice the tell tail belly band , but most importantly see the dark area near were the wing meets the body.... EVERY redtailed hawk has that dark patch. Redtailed hawks are very variable throughout their range!

White Ibis is a given

You are correct this isn't a snowy, but it's a cattle egret

Nice image of a south african shelduck test huh ;)

That's my first ever Cattle Egret shot. Hoo-boy!

Thanks for the hawk ID. I see Ospreys and Turkey Vultures almost every day where I live, but the next most common raptor would seem to be the RTH.

Now, the South Africa part is right on my zoo duck, but the nameplate at the zoo said "White-Faced Whistling Duck," like these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-faced_Whistling_Duck

[paulnj]

I was close though ;) look at the south african shelduck and white faced whistling duck. The white on them looks very close , as does the basic body plumage .

I admit that I had to search blindly to try to ID that duck. I knew it wasn't from the americas, so I searched Australian and African ducks

You got me!!!

[Lava Lamp]

Had these in the thread before, but this is the best Canada Goose pic I've gotten yet (don't see them much.)

[ken1953]

Juvenile Bald or Golden Eagle???
First one is best I could do at 14x digital zoom. The second one is 3 in one. 2 balds and I think its a juvenile bald...but geez...he sure was big for a juvie...hehe...sorry for the noise.
Ken

[ken1953]

Had these in the thread before, but this is the best Canada Goose pic I've gotten yet (don't see them much.)

Great capture LL...the wife and I got the Eagles this past weekend. This weekend I think we're gonna go get some Canadian Geese that are over in Dubuque. I hope I can get something half as good as your shot!!
Ken

[paulnj]

That is indeed a nice image of a canada goose, but I just don't get excited about them . We have companies here that chase them away all year! I feel that 250,000 canada geese in NJ during winter is a safe bet and 100,000 during summer is too ;) A vast majority are non migrating birds!

[paulnj]

First year bald eagle. The first winter bald eagles are HUGE in order to make it through their first winter. They actually get a little smaller after the first winter ;)

[Lava Lamp]

That is indeed a nice image of a canada goose, but I just don't get excited about them . We have companies here that chase them away all year! I feel that 250,000 canada geese in NJ during winter is a safe bet and 100,000 during summer is too ;) A vast majority are non migrating birds!

I see them flying by now and then and a local golf course has a few, but the ones I saw today are never on that lake. Now, I think there might be 250,000 yellow-rumped warblers around here, though.

How about this one? Is it an American Crow, or something else? The call was a different than I've heard from a crow before...

[ken1953]

That is indeed a nice image of a canada goose, but I just don't get excited about them

hehe Paul...I guess excitement is in the eye of the beholder...hehehe...I for one get excited by them, since I grew up in Arizona and spent most of my life in the south, I rarely ever got to see these geese. However, I remember them from my few short years living in Oregon. Now, 40 years later, I see them every year and even have a few non-migrating flocks nearby that I see all the time, but they still fascinate me!!! Also, thanx for the ID...I had guessed they were juveniles, but they were so large...there was about 5 or more in this area and about 20 adults. Oh for the want of a good zoom!!!! hehe...I am saving...wait til next year and I'll get you some great clear eagle shots...hehe...
Ken

[paulnj]

Well, it's a crow alright. If it sounded different than the american crow, it's a fish crow ;)

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/crows/FishCrow.htm

[Lava Lamp]

Well, it's a crow alright. If it sounded different than the american crow, it's a fish crow ;)

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/crows/FishCrow.htm

Thanks. Yes, the fish crow call on the site sounds like what I heard, so it sounds like what we got is one a dem fish crows....

[jfelbab]

Took a drive to Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge in Sanibel today. While I arrived at low tide there were not a lot of birds but it was a fun trip non-the-less. Wish I had a longer lens and tripod but I had to settle for my P&S.

Here are some of the residents.

[Lava Lamp]

This flew over my backyard today. Obviously very high and far away. Any clue?

[Lava Lamp]

[QUOTE=jfelbab]Took a drive to Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge in Sanibel today. While I arrived at low tide there were not a lot of birds but it was a fun trip non-the-less. Wish I had a longer lens and tripod but I had to settle for my P&S.QUOTE]

Those are really nice -- especially with a point and shoot.

[paulnj]

Took a drive to Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge in Sanibel today. While I arrived at low tide there were not a lot of birds but it was a fun trip non-the-less. Wish I had a longer lens and tripod but I had to settle for my P&S.

While I haven't been there in years, I recognise a few areas ;)


Let's see....

osprey
snowy egret
reddish egret
yellow crowned nightheron
great egret

AND

after 2 minutes of scanning that flock over and over.... I see nothing but willets!

Great shots!

Have you tried corkscrew swamp, it's hot with birds from now until it's too hot to exit your house ;) Migration of neotropicals will start in 5-6 weeks

[paulnj]

Give me a discription of it's size, flight pattern and even try to explain it's flight caal/ chip note if you heard one. That is the oddest damb bird I have seen!

It looks like a robin a little, a little like a parrot in one shot and even a pidgeon, but that tail is FLAT and not too many bird in the US look even close to that with a flat tail. Orioles and tanagers, but I dount it's those either.

Stumped, so help me ;)

[Lava Lamp]

Give me a discription of it's size, flight pattern and even try to explain it's flight caal/ chip note if you heard one. That is the oddest damb bird I have seen!

It looks like a robin a little, a little like a parrot in one shot and even a pidgeon, but that tail is FLAT and not too many bird in the US look even close to that with a flat tail. Orioles and tanagers, but I dount it's those either.

Stumped, so help me ;)

This was shot yesterday in FL and the bird flew over a several acre pine wood and lake. It was in the later afternoon, which may be giving it a redder tint than usual. I didn't hear a call. It seemed to be bigger than the yellow-rumped warblers I was seeing and smaller than a gull. It looked to be robin or pidgeon sized to me, but not as roundly shaped as either.

The flight was unusual. Not a warbler flight or what you see from a pidgeon. It was kind of acrobatic quickly circling and diving before it went on. There might have been two of them, but I can't be sure.

Do you think it could be somthing like a barn swallow? I shot some sort f swallow a few minutes earlier. It's a bad picture, too, and definitely not the same bird, but it may give you an ID. Oh yeah, I could use an ID on that, too.

[paulnj]

This swallow is a tree swallow.

You either have a pet trade bird that got free(got me which parrot type) or a wierd looking bird that I have never seen in the US(I have seen well over 400 too).

I am truely stumped!!!!!!

[Lava Lamp]

This swallow is a tree swallow.

You either have a pet trade bird that got free(got me which parrot type) or a wierd looking bird that I have never seen in the US(I have seen well over 400 too).

I am truely stumped!!!!!!

Geez. It would only be fun to stump you if I knew the answer.

This one should be easy for you.

[Lava Lamp]

Here's one more of that unknown bird. Does it help?

[Mike T]

Here's a bird I shot today, the first one I need an ID for in a while. By the way Paul I was by the Eagles nest today and I think it has eggs. Saw two birds but only one was away from the nest, the only time I saw the second bird was when the bird that was away from the nest went to the nest. Then I don't know if they changed places but one left the nest a flew out of site.
Mike