Early Spring 07 Bird ID Thread

This is a captive bird on display. I don't recognize him. Do you? I don't think he is American (at least North American)...

I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW lol


I used to sell these guys at a pet store I worked at over 10 years ago. It is a Zebra finches.

Taeniopygia guttata guttata, the Timor Zebra Finch, extends from Lombok in the Lesser Sunda Islands or Nusa Tenggara in Indonesia to Sermata in addition to coastal areas around the continent of Australia.

One of the most common finches used in scientific research.

WOOHOO I knew one for a change lol.

I knew it was a "zebra finch" :)

I was out a few hours today and here are a few of the shots I took. I didn't see a lot of birds but I took a lot of pictures of the ones I saw.
Mike

Palm, yellow rumped, eastern pheobe and ..bald eagle. Shhhhh I seen all these species today too :wink: I work outside and see an eagle nest everyday on the way to work.

Here's another tough to see bird:

http://k41.pbase.com/o6/82/193082/1/...MG_1533web.jpg

Greg

That's a black rail right!!!!! They are so cool. I hear one every spring calling(kekedoo), but I will be dambed if I can find it. I seen one about 5 years ago, but it was 500 feet away through a 60x spotting scope.

I have no idea what this one is , i cant pinpoint it in my books . Its neck is kinda long compared to others . Up to you to ID Paulnj :D
Maybe Imature Eagle of some sorts ? Oh and its nesting about 80 feet up on a dead pine tree.Bottom photo it was going in for a landing before i lost it in thick brush.

OOps Paul can you move this to ID pls . Thank You :)

Glenn, that's an osprey.

Female Mallard :)

any one know which type of ducks these are? was thinking Khaki Campbell but not sure

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u...pbellYoung.jpg

closer view

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u...ak/closeup.jpg

They are all domestic duck and I don't know domestic ducks.

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Originally Posted by paulnj

They are all domestic duck and I don't know domestic ducks.

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np and thanks paul it still gives me a better idea were to focus my searching at

three birds I don't know. I assume some kind of sparrow, a thrush, and I have no idea on the third, except that it was large and rust colored.

http://www.sushigaijin.com/images/ph...0april%202.jpg

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http://www.sushigaijin.com/images/ph...ID%20april.jpg

No idea what this is called.:idea:

white throated sparrow, hermit thrush and a brown thrasher.

where did you shoot this? I know just about EVERY US species instantly apon seeing it and that is one odd looking bird.

I shot this on top of Mount Masada in Israel. The birds were used to human exposure and let people walk right up to them.

It looks to me like some sort of oriole to me.:thumbsup:

it's a Tristram's starling. I found the ID via a google image search of "israel starling"

Found a nifty area to photograph birds this past weekend at the nearby state park. I found this pretty little Black-throated Green warbler:

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Then i saw this one hopping around in some bushes with another little bird that looked like a ruby-crowned kinglet(wasn't able to get a pic of the kinglet.) I wasn't sure what this one was at first, but after looking thru the guidebook I think its a Least Flycatcher. Correction anyone?

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nice find! The first BT green in my area showed up saturday and that looks like a least to me!

Cant put my finger on this one Paul . Eastern Phcebe or Least Flycatcher ? or maybe none of the above lol :) Or maybe a Gray Jay lol

Check. Another one I hadn't photographed before...

Went off in search of more Scarlet Tanagers and I came across this guy twice (once in the morning, once in the evening) in more or less the same area. Only got 1 crummy shot off though.

I'm thinking it's a Summer Tanager?