Spring 2008 Bird ID Thread.

Well seeing that this is my first appearance in these forums since last Autumn and i was reading in the Winter ID Thread that you wanted someone to start a Spring thread here it is :) Also i have one that just may stump Master Paulnj :) ( Im hoping lol ):D

Hey, stranger, I was wondering where you wondered off to. Hope you didn't get stranded in all the snow up there :p

I have no idea on the bird. But I'll be more than happy to stick this thread :thumbsup:

that's a leucistic dark eyed junco

Knew it was a Junco ,but could not find leucistic :D Thanks Paul :)

http://www.answers.com/topic/leucism?cat=health

Hmm thanks for the link :)

I know genetics quite well too

These birds were either staying high up in the trees or in the thick bushes. This is a close up so I'm using it, a spring and fall bird for me.

Mike

I'm pretty sure this is not the Lone Ranger???

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2028/...71ce8555_o.jpg

nice palm warbler Mike and that young loggerhead shrike is cool too!

It was still too dark to get a decent shutter speed so this is all I got... Maybe a ring necked duck?

blue winged teal I would say..... damn I am good :D

I forgot about this one from a couple months ago.

can't ID that 100% from that shot(side profile would help immensely), but looks like an eastern pheobe to me. QUITE EARLY nomatter what it is!

Here is a side view.

eastern pheobe it is

Hard to see him , but i think its a Wood Duck. This guy had the weirdest walk , almost like 2 steps forward and one back.

not a WOODCOCK , but a common snipe.... close though.

Thats the one i was looking for ,left my book at work. Woodcock :) dont think its a common Snipe Paul , it has no neck and has real short legs :)

while it's in woodcock habitat. It looks more snipe to me than woodcock......

but after further review.... the angle hides the tan and it is indeed a WOODCOCK.

MIKE T,I love this photo-
It reminds me of a Chinese painting...wonderful,the contrast of the head against the background.

Think this is a American Bittern, i have never seen one of these before .And boy do they ever make a loud noise something like a 10 pound bullfrog lol:D

woodcock was my first thought when I saw it.
though I've never seen one in the wild here - probably because of that camouflage !

that's an american bittern alright.

A 'Boofheaded Dacelo'.


http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/d...eyBoofhead.jpg


Warren.

Cuccaburra

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Think this is a American Bittern, i have never seen one of these before .And boy do they ever make a loud noise something like a 10 pound bullfrog lol:D

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Cool bird, Knight!

Send that American Bittern back to us and we'll send you a thousand Canada geese back to you :)

I have no idea what this guy is or where to begin looking in my birding guide. I shot him in Cauyga Ontario during a drift race I was covering. I got exactly 3 frame of him before he blasted off away from me due to the noise from the cars and this is the best I could do unfortunately.

Any ideas Paul?

**Edit** I found something that looks close with the Bobolink.... am I correct?

that is indeed a male bobolink..... the song(had to be singing on territory) was the metalic computer generated sounding noise you heard... R2D2 like :)

Thought I was seeing a female warbler until I pointed my camera at him. Saw the red eyes so I'm thinking a Red-eyed vireo? :)

Neat markings whatever it is.

red eyed vireo .

Would this be some yellow-throat/chest bird the name that I don't know about ? :p


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looks like a young female yellow headed blackbird.

I finally got a grab shot of this guy ,He seem very shy , i had noticed him hanging out in a certain area but have never been able to get a picture so far this is the only one i have for a ID . I think its a Indigo or Blue Bunting im not sure Paul . Im hoping that he sticks around for a better shot in the future. :) ( Hoping for a 150-500mm by the end of summer lol )

was it near a field or powerline cut.... sure was :D

No blue buntings anywhere near you and blue grosbeak would be a great find that far north....

It's an indigo bunting.

Wondering where Wild Wasa took that pic of the bird. Strange but cute.
Like Mike T pic beautiful bird, also liked everyone else's too.

That bird is from australia, so I put my money on .... at a zoo.

Great pictures! Here are a couple of pics that I took of a Yucatan Jay, on my recent trip to Mexico.

wow, that's a bird I have never seen or heard of...

Thanks for posting!

Saw a few of them today. I think they were watching me, waiting for me to go away.


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