SPRING 2010 Bird ID Thread

[SmartWombat]

From the song, a Sedge Warbler - I think.
Full frame and crop, so you can see how much longer lens I need !

Heard, but not seen the day before, I made it my mission to try to photograph it...

[paulnj]

agreed on the ID, though I am not 100% sure.

[paulnj]

european gold finch

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

[SmartWombat]

LBJ (little brown job)
I'd like to think it's a blackcap, because it has a black cap.
But I know IDs aren't that simple

[SmartWombat]

Greenfinch, I can't tell male from female though.

[paulnj]

Greenfinch, I can't tell male from female though.

I'd say it's a male due to trailing edge of wing espeacially. I can't help on the LBJ, sorry

[CaraRose]

Fox Sparrow?

[billy320]

Eastern Phoebe ? sorry about the bad shots the first one was shot thru a screen

[paulnj]

Eastern Phoebe ? sorry about the bad shots the first one was shot thru a screen

EASTERN PHEOBE and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT(warbler)

Cararose, yes indeed it's a fox sparrow

[SmartWombat]

LBJ Green Park, Reading, UK
Thought it was a female blackcap; but my illustration doesn't show the overlap/split tail and has a white rim to the eye, not black.

[SmartWombat]

Egyptian Geese, probably a breeding pair.
Once ornamental, now accepted as native.
Green Park, Reading, UK

Can you tell which is E-P1 and which GH-1 without peeking at the EXIF?

[Mike T]

EASTERN PHEOBE and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT(warbler)

Cararose, yes indeed it's a fox sparrow

hey Paul take a better look that is a shadow on a Pheobe.

[paulnj]

Egyptian Geese, probably a breeding pair.
Once ornamental, now accepted as native.
Green Park, Reading, UK

Can you tell which is E-P1 and which GH-1 without peeking at the EXIF?

no clue what a EP1 or GH1 is :blush2: I'm a nature nut and reptile breeder :thumbsup:

can't help with too many LBJ's from europe , sorry.:mad2:

[Mike T]

a few recent shots

[paulnj]

hey Paul take a better look that is a shadow on a Pheobe.

I wish I could see the tail I am not sure if it's a kingbird, though it does look dark. I was thinking it was exposure that made the bird dark.

if it was dark and had a musical note. kingbird, otherwise FE- BEE

[paulnj]

nice pine warbler and parula!

I like how one of the eagles has the classic M shape of the osprey in flight .

[SmartWombat]

As a canon nerd perhaps telling the difference between the two evil cameras is hard
I think it's the same lbj as last time.

[paulnj]

no clue what a EP1 or GH1 is :blush2: I'm a nature nut and reptile breeder :thumbsup:

can't help with too many LBJ's from europe , sorry.:mad2:

LBJ appears to be a european warbler species.

[CaraRose]

I apologize for the epicly bad quality on these. Some sort of blackbird?

[paulnj]

I apologize for the epicly bad quality on these. Some sort of blackbird?

appear to be rusty blackbirds

[CaraRose]

appear to be rusty blackbirds

Thanks Paul Another first for me. Wish I had gotten better shots!

[SmartWombat]

The only UK warbler with a black cap is the blackcap
And in the female it's brown, not black.
It's only the colour of the ring around the eye - black not white - that stops me being certain.

http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/bird...ap/index.aspx#
image 2 is the female

[paulnj]

The only UK warbler with a black cap is the blackcap
And in the female it's brown, not black.
It's only the colour of the ring around the eye - black not white - that stops me being certain.

http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/bird...ap/index.aspx#
image 2 is the female

the eye ring being off is a good indecation it may not be a femal blackcap, but everything else seems right. maybe try to find a local bird ID forum , because I am stumped :mad2:

[billy320]

The pics I took are of the same bird .................

[scott-devon]

This one was tough to get a shot of as it hid deep in the brush, poor shots but the best I could get. The blue in the eye is from using the onboard flash in an attempt to get more light. I'm not sure of the id at all...