Early Spring 07 Bird ID Thread

[paulnj]

Randy, that's an eastern phoebe. They started showing up in your area within the last 2 weeks at longest.

[Kokopeli]

I'm going with an Allen's hummingbird..

Nikon D100, on body flash
Nikon 180mm f2.8
I think the f-stop was either 2.8 or 5.6 on this one..

[paulnj]

I do believe you are right, but I can't be too sure. I have never seen an allen's female before, but the colors look right.

[terryger]

hmmm, in your area and from this shot it could be and allen, blackchin, costas, caliope, broadtail or even a rufus. the rufus generally breed and nest farther north but there is nothing in hummers that is set in stone. especially where you live.

my first choices, with this shot, would be allen and then blackchin.

your area is loaded with them. got any more shots?

and btw, i envy your nest shots as i have hundreds of hummers but have never seen a nest.

the fact that i live in oak woodland foothills doesn't help. i have over 60 oaks in my yard alone. try to follow a needle hummer to a nest in that haystack

well done. show me more.

[Mike T]

I haven't had much of a chance to get out so far this year but I did get to go out walking for a while on tuesday and grabbed these shots.
Mike

[Knight]

Nice Captures Mike , is it some kind of mating ritual that they are performing ?

[Copy_Kot]

This little sparrow has me stumped... the closest match I can find is a chipping sparrow(?).

[paulnj]

That IS a chipping sparrow and yes the tree swallows are performing a mating ritual.

[Sushigaijin]

well, I was going to ask if this was a chipping sparrow - but seeing copy's WAY better capture, I almost didn't post it. Anyway, chipping sparrow?



and I'll be really happy if someone gives me savannah sparrow on this one

[paulnj]

The first is a field sparrow and the second looks like a song sparrow to me.

[Loupey]

After being away for only a few days, I returned to my normal marsh/fields to see a bunch of these. Coexists well with the mallards but much smaller.

[paulnj]

blue winged teal and I bet last week they were in FLORIDA

[Knight]

OK Master Paul i cant ID these little birds i think they are Sparrows of some kind , but i am probably wrong . They seem to be changing their plumage .


The width of the page seems to be Fubarded somehow!

[paulnj]

These are goldfinches.

[Jaedon]

Caught this little fellow this morning jus tbefore noon. He was flitting about in the trees and was starting at the bottom of each tree working his way upwards eating (I assume) whatever he was fining along the way.

About 2 inches in length not including the tail and made a "peep peep peep' call as it moved about.

[paulnj]

Great find there! The sound they make is a bit off , but that's a brown creeper.

[Jaedon]

well ok .. more of a "chip chip chip" then =P

[Lava Lamp]

I sorta liked the yellow toy here...

[Lava Lamp]

These landed in a flock 15 feet from me. I grabbed the 300mm lens I had nearby and got three shots before they flew off. This one is cropped a good bit and monkeyed with in PS. Exciting for me though; these aren't local.

[paulnj]

I am going with ring-billed on the gull and the waxwing image is nice.

[Copy_Kot]

I am going with ring-billed on the gull

With the dark iris and missing red orbital ring, it kind of looks like a California gull (maybe due to a shadow). I wish the tip of the bill could be seen.

I love that image BTW!

[paulnj]

If it's not a ringbilled, it's a herring gull

[Jaedon]

I just shot 500 frames in my back yard and here's teh best of the lot. I can ID the wood pecker I thin as a downy (white bars on the tail and smaller than the hairy -- Thanks CK )

But the little guy that looks like a Junco (may even be) and the bigger guy that is either a Yellow Bellied Sapsucker OR a Flicker have me stumped.

[paulnj]

northern flicker, junco and 3 yellow-bellied sapsuckers.

[Copy_Kot]

Cool sapsucker shots Jaedon! I got my first today but the bird was waaaaaaaay too far away.