SPRING 2010 Bird ID Thread

Mountain Blue Bird or Western Blue Bird?

Possibly a female?
http://gallery.photographyreview.com...lueBird001.jpg

Male
http://gallery.photographyreview.com...lueBird005.jpg

Male
http://gallery.photographyreview.com...lueBird004.jpg

Meadow Lark?

http://gallery.photographyreview.com...nYellow003.jpg
http://gallery.photographyreview.com...nYellow005.jpg

Dunno on the blue birds.

As for the meadowlard - yes. Most likely the western variety based on your location - although I can't tell the difference.

It's the 2nd day of spring so I've moved your post to a new thread.

Yay, spring!

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Originally Posted by Loupey

Dunno on the blue birds.

As for the meadowlard - yes. Most likely the western variety based on your location - although I can't tell the difference.

It's the 2nd day of spring so I've moved your post to a new thread.

Yay, spring!

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First day of spring and we got dumped on with snow here :) Second day was a bit cold but at least the snow wasn't falling.

Some kind of Grebe?

have no clue who moved this, but mountainbluebirds

Loupey moved it, Paul. He said so in his reply.

horned grebe

western meadowlark due to the yellowing in the malar :D

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Originally Posted by paulnj

have no clue who moved this, but mountain bluebirds,
western meadowlark due to the yellowing in the malar :D

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Thank you Paul. Our book did not a good example of either.

I had great teachers.

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Originally Posted by paulnj

horned grebe

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Thanks Paul! :)

Sharp-shinned? It was quite small. - TF


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MERLIN...........

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Sharp-shinned? It was quite small. - TF


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MERLIN...........

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Thanks - a rare treat for me! - TF

Cool catch, TF!

I'm pretty sure about these, but wanted conformation. Excuse the crappy shot, if I got them in focus I blew the exposure, got the exposure I blew the focus. Oh, and I have several shots where I did both :p

Buffleheads?
<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2788/4453175164_fc70a4138e_b.jpg" width=800 border=2>

CORRECT ! Female on left, male on right.

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Originally Posted by CaraRose

Cool catch, TF!

I'm pretty sure about these, but wanted conformation. Excuse the crappy shot, if I got them in focus I blew the exposure, got the exposure I blew the focus. Oh, and I have several shots where I did both :p

Buffleheads?
<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2788/4453175164_fc70a4138e_b.jpg" width=800 border=2>

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This guy landed among a bunch of Red-Breasted Mergansers. I thought at first he was just another male Red-Breasted, but then got a slightly better look. Male Common Merganser?

<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2728/4466509236_4e5f406422_b.jpg" width=800 border=2>

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Originally Posted by CaraRose

This guy landed among a bunch of Red-Breasted Mergansers. I thought at first he was just another male Red-Breasted, but then got a slightly better look. Male Common Merganser?

<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2728/4466509236_4e5f406422_b.jpg" width=800 border=2>

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CORRECT YOU ARE :D

Saw this guy today. Couldn't get very close.

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Originally Posted by CaraRose

Saw this guy today. Couldn't get very close.

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eastern pheobe. They have been back in NJ for a little over a week. Quite an early arrival for you I would think :D

Here are pictures of a couple of red birds

Other than they are red & black I don't know how these are called, one thing to note is that
I never seen them before , but before having a DSLR I was not really paying attention

http://gallery.photographyreview.com...4_filtered.jpg

http://gallery.photographyreview.com...0_filtered.jpg

http://gallery.photographyreview.com...C_7562_800.jpg

Just a guess, but I think it's a vermilion flycatcher

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/V..._Flycatcher/id

vermillion flycatcher

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Originally Posted by armando_m

Here are pictures of a couple of red birds

Other than they are red & black I don't know how these are called, one thing to note is that
I never seen them before , but before having a DSLR I was not really paying attention

http://gallery.photographyreview.com...4_filtered.jpg

http://gallery.photographyreview.com...0_filtered.jpg

http://gallery.photographyreview.com...C_7562_800.jpg

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:) Thanks for your help