Spring 2009 Bird ID Thread.

[paulnj]

Grackle ?

Correct you are.

[Mike T]

I had a day off today and it didn't rain ! Here are a few shots from today, I think I know what birds two and three are but I'm not to sure about the first one. After I took this shot the bird flew down to the ground then back into another tree, a few swallows started to dive bomb it so it went to another tree where a couple of crows were giving it a hard time. I did get one shot with a swallow but it didn't come out to good.

Mike

[A.M.D.A.]

I had a day off today and it didn't rain ! Here are a few shots from today, I think I know what birds two and three are but I'm not to sure about the first one. After I took this shot the bird flew down to the ground then back into another tree, a few swallows started to dive bomb it so it went to another tree where a couple of crows were giving it a hard time. I did get one shot with a swallow but it didn't come out to good.

Mike

#1 = Could be a juvenile broad-winged hawk, but I am leaning more toward juvenile red-tailed hawk, due to tail pattern. Any frontal shots?

#2 / #3 = Female american kestrel.

#4 / #5 = Cooper's hawk.

[SARtech]

I vote yes on Grackle

[paulnj]

#1 = Could be a juvenile broad-winged hawk, but I am leaning more toward juvenile red-tailed hawk, due to tail pattern. Any frontal shots?

#2 / #3 = Female american kestrel.

#4 / #5 = Cooper's hawk.

Correct and #1 is definately a redtailed hawk.

[Mike T]

I thought 2 and 3 were a Peregrine Falcon. I sent them along to a guy that runs the Sussex County Bird Club web site and his ID was Peregrine. It's kind of hard to tell the size of a bird circling over head but this bird seemed bigger then a Kestrel. He also said the first is a young red-tailed

Mike

[A.M.D.A.]

I think perhaps he is right. Initially, I though peregrine as well, but the tail pattern and underwing pattern seemed a little odd.

But the fact that the bird has only 1 "mustache" visible could be the deciding factor, as well as your comments about general body size.

My bad.

[paulnj]

MINE TOO!

I hurriedly only looked at the first image, but the second is clearly a young peregrine molting into adult plumage.

A.M.D.A has the darker form in his area, so it's me who is the BAD ID person :mad2:

[Loupey]

Is this a tree sparrow?

(and not just because it is a sparrow and in a tree )

[paulnj]

Actually that's a scrub brush sparrow . lol

Field sparrow actually and even better to find. Tree sparrows have less rufous on the neck/chest area and a central dot on the chest.

[Loupey]

Cool! Either way would have been a first for me - so another one gets checked off

Thanks, Paul

[SARtech]

Sure is cute.

Kristine

[A.M.D.A.]

Sure is cute.

Kristine

Adult female red-bellied woodpecker.

[snowblade]

Thanks for the pictures! I'm pretty excited to be visiting this thread. I took my first ornithology course last June, and I'm gearing up to go birding again this summer -- only I'm not actually waiting for summer! I've put out my first feeder and have been enjoying the sightings of various common birdies. I don't have a high quality camera as of yet, but hopefully with a little inspiration from this site I'll still be able to produce some nice shots.
Looking forward to it...
Sara

[SARtech]

Welcome to the Forum Sara!
Can't wait for you to come out to the terminal and shoot some stuff. We could even go on a nice Saturday if you want. Before I got my DSLR (Digital SLR), I got some decent stuff with my point and shooter. I had to do a lot of PP (post-production) in Photoshop, but I could help you with that if you like.

There's a lot of help here. Have fun!

Kristine

[Loupey]

Wasn't sure of this one so I shot it to ID at home. Because of the barred tail and extremely heavily streaked breast, I'm thinking it is an immature red-shouldered?

[paulnj]

That's a cooper's hawk.

[lionman]

wow they are all magnificent birds and captured with such precision and acuricy not to forget crispness thay look amazing you could publish those photoes in a book they look so good thank you for uploading those a real treat to see

[paulnj]

The ID threads are by season, so 4 a year . I do believe we have 3 years of threads, so a search will find plenty more ID threads that are locked.

[SmartWombat]

Not sure what this one is, from East beach, Fort Desoto Park, FL

PAul

Scroll down to the Sports Forum and post your sports pictures !

[SmartWombat]

Not sure what this one is, from East beach, Fort Desoto Park, FL

turnstone?

PAul

Scroll down to the Sports Forum and post your sports pictures !

[SmartWombat]

Not sure what this one is, from East beach, Fort Desoto Park, FL

Grackle ?


 

[SmartWombat]

Not sure what this one is, from East beach, Fort Desoto Park, FL

bath time !



 

[SmartWombat]

Not sure what this one is, from East beach, Fort Desoto Park, FL

In-Flight meal



 

[A.M.D.A.]

Not sure what this one is, from East beach, Fort Desoto Park, FL

Semipalmated Plover, winter adult.