Early Spring 07 Bird ID Thread

[Copy_Kot]

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?

[paulnj]

Golden crowned kinglet it is.

[Copy_Kot]

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

[cyberlord]

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.

[Copy_Kot]

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

[paulnj]

sure is a female red-bellied woodpecker Nice shot !

[Loupey]

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.

[paulnj]

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

[terryger]

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

[Copy_Kot]

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

My first banded birds 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?

[paulnj]

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


I asked my friends to help on this one.

[paulnj]

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

[Copy_Kot]

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

[paulnj]

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

[Copy_Kot]

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

[paulnj]

PURPLE FINCH by color alone

[ken1953]

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

[paulnj]

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

[Lava Lamp]

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...

[paulnj]

I'll go with young male eastern towhee too.

[Jaedon]

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



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

[paulnj]

female dark-eyed junco

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

[quetzal]

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?




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

[paulnj]

Yes, that indeed is a eastern pheobe.

[WTP07]

Can anyone help with the ID of this little critter?



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

Cheers,

Randy,