Early Spring 07 Bird ID Thread

I couldn’t wait for Jaedon to start a new ID thread :blush2: Sorry Jaedon.

What is this bird??? It was about the size of chickadee, maybe smaller. I hate to post bad images of birds for ID’s, but that’s usually what I get the first time I see them. These little guys would not come out of this brush.

edit- I think I found it... A golden-crowned kinglet?

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Golden crowned kinglet it is.

Thank you Paul, that little bugger was driving me crazy... I kept looking at warblers.

I set up the tripod and ran an extention cord from the camera to the house and took some shots of the house sparrows flying to the feeder. When I went back out to get the camera this woodpecker was at the feeder. He stayed around the nearby tree and eventually flew back to the feeder. I was about 8 feet away.

I know what kind of woodpecker it is, but lets see if anyone wants to guess or research it.

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I wont guess because I have one who is a daily visitor. I will say... your he is a she :D

sure is a female red-bellied woodpecker :wink: Nice shot !

OK, so I'm in the habit of training my lens on any object flying my way. I shot these thinking they were mallards. Northern Shovelers? If so, I have to rethink looking at ducks because any I've seen at a distance I immediately dismiss as mallards.

N. shovelers indeed... look at those bills.

paul . this is a shot from another photograhpher but has everybody stumped. closest we could figure was green jay but marking and bill are not quite right.

found in texas.

you opinion please

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Terryger, that is one cool looking bird! I can't wait to see what Paul comes up with.

My first banded birds :D I can’t figure out if they are herring or Iceland gulls (they were hanging around together)… and, what I really can’t figure out is why they are banded??? The bird in the first image has a band on each leg, and the bird in the second image only has one. Why would they band gulls?

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That is a NON US species from south america and I have no clue :)


I asked my friends to help on this one.

Herring gull... too much black in the tail and pink legs.

Thanks Paul, do you have any idea why they would band such a common bird?

tracking the movement of the bird. ICELAND gulls are common in their home range too :D

This is either a purple finch or the most colorful house finch I've ever seen... I can't tell them apart.

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PURPLE FINCH by color alone

Caught these 2 taking a rest while about another 100 circled overhead. I guess we have some great currents around here because these guys are gathering numbers rapidly. These were resting in a pine(?) tree about 2 blocks behind my house. So naturally, I had to take a look see. These were only 2 of about 20 in the tree.
Ken

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That's one strong branch for how thin and flimsy conifer branches are! Cool image of turkey vultures too!

I haven't looked this one up, but i think I know what it is and if I'm right, I posted a female a while back, btu we haven't had what I'm thiking is a juvenile male yet...

I'll go with young male eastern towhee too.

I have absolutely no idea Paul. Sorry for the work out we're giving you yet again lol.

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That green south american bird is really pretty. It looks like a conure in colouration but not in confirmation

female dark-eyed junco :)

I enjoy ID'ing birds, so keep them coming.

I wasn't able to get great images of these guys but the first one here I took a couple weeks ago near my house, I think its an eastern Phoebe?

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This yellow-rumped warbler visited one of my suet feeders about a week ago, I'm hoping he'll come back again:

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Yes, that indeed is a eastern pheobe.

Can anyone help with the ID of this little critter?

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I have been a bit busy lately, so haven't been posting much...I have been lurking though!

Cheers,

Randy,