SPRING 2010 Bird ID Thread

[billy320]

I was going thru my pictures from my recent trip to Red Rock Canyon in Nevada

[paulnj]

I was going thru my pictures from my recent trip to Red Rock Canyon in Nevada

House wren and western scrub jay.

[CaraRose]

Saw this guy yesterday. Yellow Rumped Warbler?

[paulnj]

yellow frumped warbler indeed. one of the first warblers back.

Saw this guy yesterday. Yellow Rumped Warbler?

[CaraRose]

Only got a quick glimpse of this guy. Sapsucker?

[paulnj]

Only got a quick glimpse of this guy. Sapsucker?

SAPSUCKER

[CaraRose]

Thanks Paul!

Hopefully he'll stick around long enough for me to get a decent shot of him

[SmartWombat]

Orlando, beautiful irridescent plumage in the right light.

[SmartWombat]

Some kind of crane?
Very acclimated to humans, walking round a car park at the airport!

[CaraRose]

I'm pretty sure that's a Sandhill Crane.

[paulnj]

I'm pretty sure that's a Sandhill Crane.

sandhill crane and grackle. looks like a boat tailed grackle

[SmartWombat]

Thanks!
I thought it was a sandhill crane, but wasn't sure.
I've not seen the grackle in good light before, and missed that irridescence.
I thought it was smaller than a boat tailed grackle though, maybe what I thought were boat-tailed were in fact great-tailed?

[paulnj]

Thanks!
I thought it was a sandhill crane, but wasn't sure.
I've not seen the grackle in good light before, and missed that irridescence.
I thought it was smaller than a boat tailed grackle though, maybe what I thought were boat-tailed were in fact great-tailed?

Been awhile since I seen a grackle, but just seen one while walking my dog That is a common grackle, sorry to mis ID it originally.

[CaraRose]

This guys got me stumped. Some sort of sparrow? He seems to have too much white around the face to be a tree sparrow.

[SmartWombat]

Something different for me - shot video with the E-P1 out of the car window.
Wish the 45-200 hadn't been packed in the suitcase for the flight home

Bird ID from PAul Maskens on Vimeo.

Click on Vimeo to see it full size.

[CaraRose]

My guess is a brown thrasher. I'd wait for Paul's ID though rather than take mine

[paulnj]

cararose. field sparrow
Paul, looks like a brown thrasher if shot in the US (FL)

[SmartWombat]

Thanks Paul.
I have stills too, just wanted to try the E-P1 video and see if it helps or hinders identification.

[SmartWombat]

See? You were right!
Thanks for the ID.

Should have said shot in Clearwater, FL.

[paulnj]

Thanks Paul.
I have stills too, just wanted to try the E-P1 video and see if it helps or hinders identification.

Videos with sound would help with hard to ID species such as flycatcher species, but this video showed feeding activity which helped too.

[CaraRose]

This guy was tiny, smaller than a black cap chickadee.

[paulnj]

This guy was tiny, smaller than a black cap chickadee.

blue grey gnatcatcher

[mjs1973]

From last weekend, sitting next to a pond for several hours. I'm guessing a sparrow of some kind.

[paulnj]

From last weekend, sitting next to a pond for several hours. I'm guessing a sparrow of some kind.

Song sparrow

[SmartWombat]

Goldfinch, I need more time to get close, or a longer lens.