Early Spring 07 Bird ID Thread

[Lava Lamp]

Liked it, but didn't think this needed its own thread...

[Jaedon]

Ok I suck at ID's now lol. I thought the sap sucker was a woodpecker for SUUURE this time.

The Flicker someone around here thought was a yellow shafted... is there much of a difference between a YS flicker and a Northern?

And thanks CK. I have a few that were better that I found during more post work after I posted this thread. I'll post them in the main forum now that I know what they are.

Nice Turkey Vulture Lava

[paulnj]

Yes it's a yellow shafted variety of the northern flicker. The western birds are red shafted variety.

[Copy_Kot]

Ok I suck at ID's now lol. I thought the sap sucker was a woodpecker for SUUURE this time.

Sapsuckers are woodpeckers, the belong to the family Picidae, just like all woodpeckers do

[Jaedon]

lol ..ok I quit... I'll leave the ID to you guys and just keep shooting....deal? lol

[Jaedon]

Ok I am guessing at sparrow but I have no idea what type. It might even be a finch for all I know. Around the same size or slightly larger than the house finch.

[paulnj]

female house sparrow.

[WTP07]

Can I get some help with this guy? He was in a field 'puddle'... My guess would be a Bonaparte's Gull, but if so, it must be transient. I don't think it stays for any length of time in my area. (SW Ontario.)

Thanks!

Randy.

[paulnj]

Sure that's a Bonaparte's Gull

[Lava Lamp]

Shot today in FL...

[Lava Lamp]

Been trying to get a good shot of one of these for a couple of years. Finally got lucky.

[paulnj]

That is the oddest tricolor heron I've seen. It's in breeding plumage, but the throat isn't yellow. That breeding plumage cattle egret is SWEET!

[dadas115]

Here's one for you though it is already labeled (just don’t look below the picture).

http://www.pbase.com/dadas115/image/77444216

This has been one tough bird to get!

Greg

[big baldo]

Ya that tricolor is crazy looking!! Love it!! The second one is a cattle egret!!? Amazing!:thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[paulnj]

Greg, that is one of the hardest birds to photograph! I actually found one at 5 feet away up near tyler tx about 5 years ago while visiting my mother.I also found and photographed a yellow-billed loon on that trip too

[mjs1973]

It's a crappy shot, but it's all I could get. Could this be a brown thrasher? My first guess was a wood thrush, but the tail and beak look too long.

[paulnj]

Sure that's 100% brown thrasher.

[mjs1973]

Thanks for the positive ID Paul!

[Knight]

This is as close as i could get to this Kestrel but i got the Song Sparrow closup And can you see them , your probably going to say im nuts but im talking about the leaf buds lol Hard to believe that im out in short pants today and we had a snow storm that droped 6 inches on us last monday . The weather is real wacky up here lol.

[paulnj]

That's par for the course with kestrels

[Jaedon]

Ok this guy wouldn't get very close to me at all. He was soaring over a small wetland and landed on top of teh Ontario Science Center which I was walking below. These are HEAVY crops taken from about 1/4 mile in distance. I am guessing RT hawk but the body colours don't look right to me.

[paulnj]

If they are all the same hawk, that is definately a red-tailed hawk from the first image. The lack of a belly band is uncommon in red-taileds but not unheard of at younger ages.

[Loupey]

I finally got an opportunity to stop by an area that had a nesting pair of bald eagles. They were feeding one chick and so I couldn't get a better look.

They were holding a wildlife weekend so the rangers temporarily moved the barrier lines to within 1/8 mile. Much to the dismay of the local birders.

Shot with the 70-200mm f/2.8L with 2x TC (the second image ).

[paulnj]

Cool, I have a nest right down the road from me, but I can't get images.

[Jaedon]

If they are all the same hawk, that is definately a red-tailed hawk from the first image. The lack of a belly band is uncommon in red-taileds but not unheard of at younger ages.

Thanks Paul. It's definitely the same bird in all 5 shots. I followed him for about a half hour as he soared over and circled around but I never got any closer than about the 1/4 mile mark. I thought it might have been a juvi but you've confirmed it for me. My wife was swearing up and down that it was a peregrine but I knew from teh wing structure that there was just no way.

Loupey - Nice opportunity bro. Not every day you can get inside the lines with the rangers permission.