Fall 06 Bird ID Thread

Wasn't sure if I should start a new thread or not since August is over and these birds were shot today 9/03. It was easier to add to this thread so here are a few from today.

Mike

I didn't know there was a limit to pictures in a post, here's two more from today. The first one isn't the greatest but it is probably good enough for IDing. This bird was pretty high up and right above me. I had to lift the monopod off the ground to get this shot. The second one I popped up the flash to see what it would do, this bird was very close and it looks like it may have helped a bit. All six shots from Hyper Humus.

Mike

That's a cooper's hawk(rounded tail) and shre birds are not my strong point, but I will go with least sandpiper.

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Originally Posted by Mike T

Wasn't sure if I should start a new thread or not since August is over and these birds were shot today 9/03. It was easier to add to this thread so here are a few from today.

Mike

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New one started....

That is a willow flycatcher mostlikely(alders are rarer in NJ and look exactly alike)
song sparrow
northern waterthrush
young wood duck

ok these may be my worst images yet , lighting was bad rain everything was against me for these 2 and i cant ID them Paul . And i finally found a 400mm with a Tcon at a price my budget could handle. :)

You came to the right place because raptors are easy for me :wink:

Ist is a merlin(appears to be a male)
2nd is a male northern harrier

Glad to here you found a long lens. I may just get a nikon digi and be a nikon/canon guy :)

Some kind of titmouse?

TUFTED titmouse

Female Common Merganser`s did not have time to switch lenses for this one so it was taken with my 70-300mm with a 2X Tcon 1/500th iso 1000 Handheld.:)

Actually these are Juvenile common mergansers... notice the stripe on the face. Thast plumage will fade within a month, rhen we can sex them :wink:

Ok got it now , i was wondering about the stripe , Well i got a 50/50 chance one is female lol.
Is there a book that would have juvenile photo`s birds ?
Bought myself a new camera bag today that will let me have my 400mm on my D50 in the bag :) so ill be ready for a quick one almost all the time :)

The Sibley guide to birds(thick with over 500 pages) shows alot of juvenile images, but not FLEDGLING plumage(first few week out of the nest).

What 400 did you get?

I picked up a used in new condition Sigma Apo 400mm with a Tamron 2X Tcon for $250.00 from a retired teacher that has about 15 Nikon primes

Here's a couple more from sunday. I couldn't get any where near these birds and they never stopped flying so the pictures aren't to good. I passed a few people on my way in who were leaving and they told me to keep an eye out for these birds. Of course I had no clue what I was looking for but kind of figured these were the birds they told me about.
Mike

These have to be 2 of the hundreds of black terns migrating down :)

I can't tell in the first, but the second looks like an odd dark, thin billed laughing gull.... BLACK TERN

Here's a few from today, I went to a few places things were pretty slow.
Mike

Juvi something , i cant tell im in a slump here for ID`s :confused:

PS: Nice Captures MikeT :)

warbling vireo
male scarlet tanager(non breeding plumage)
black throated green warbler(male)
young chestnut sided warbler

glad you have time to go out, I work 5-6 days a week outside sun up to sun down. I found a wilson's warbler last week in a customer's bush at 8 am, it had a canada warbler as a friend :)

song sparrow

I think this is a Carolina Wren? What's with that no-tail?

Here's a few from todays walk. The third shot is pretty bad but it is the only one I got of that bird that shows its head.
Mike

After looking at that bird in the third picture in my first post I thought it wasn't enough of an image to get an ID so here is another shot of that bird and a few more from today. I went out looking for Warblers and did get a few but things were pretty slow again. Seems lately I see birds in waves, a bunch all at once then a lot of nothing.
Mike

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I think this is a Carolina Wren? What's with that no-tail?

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Sure that's a Carolina Wren with a molted tail. Don't worry, the tail feathers grow back fast and they fly fine without them.

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Here's a few from todays walk. The third shot is pretty bad but it is the only one I got of that bird that shows its head.
Mike

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BT green warbler
BT blue warbler
magnolia warbler(newer image helped)
HOODED warbler :D

Magnolia(tail is a dead give away)
eastern towhee
n. parula
B&W warbler