Out on the lake

[armando_m]

A few birds from a trip on saturday morning to the shore of Lake Chapala
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[Loupey]

Ahhh, spring is definitely in the air.

My favorite is the shot of the black-necked stilt.

[armando_m]

Ahhh, spring is definitely in the air.

My favorite is the shot of the black-necked stilt.

Thanks Loupey!

I did not put names of the birds because I do not know them :blush2:

[armando_m]

#1 is a Robin ? eyes do not look right

#2 is probably a Bullock oriole?

#4 Anhinga ? does not looks dark enough

[DennisT]

Lovely shots - definitely the stilt for me.

[WesternGuy]

#1 is a Robin ? eyes do not look right

#2 is probably a Bullock oriole?

#4 Anhinga ? does not looks dark enough

Great images armando - tried to look at the proposed IDs and I don't think #1 is a Robin, colours are not right, particularly the head area, at least for me - I would agree, however, that #4 definitely looks like an anhinga, except that anhingas do not have a hooked bill, at least the ones in my bird book don't, in fact they say that one of the distinguishing features is the "dagger-like bill", but it definitely looks like some kind of a cormorant - sorry, best I can do.

Cheers,

WesternGuy

[armando_m]

thanks Wetern guy !

maybe paulnj can chime in

[armando_m]

Lovely shots - definitely the stilt for me.

Dennis, thanks for commenting

[Loupey]

I'd say #1 is a male orchard oriole
#2 is a male Bullock's oriole
#4 is a double-crested cormorant (immature)

[armando_m]

Thanks again Loupey!

[Loupey]

I'm not sayin' I'm right, I'm just sayin'

Paul needs to confirm.

[teubavinc]

The pring is here and the nice photography also ! really nice photos and colours

[Eric D]

Nice set...#3 is a Black-necked Stilt

[paulnj]

loupey is right on with all ID's