SPRING 2010 Bird ID Thread

[Singletracklovr]

Mountain Blue Bird or Western Blue Bird?

Possibly a female?


Male


Male

[Singletracklovr]

Meadow Lark?

[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!

[CaraRose]

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!

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.

[CaraRose]

Some kind of Grebe?

[paulnj]

have no clue who moved this, but mountainbluebirds

[CaraRose]

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

[paulnj]

horned grebe

[paulnj]

western meadowlark due to the yellowing in the malar

[Singletracklovr]

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

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

[paulnj]

I had great teachers.

[CaraRose]

horned grebe

Thanks Paul!

[OldClicker]

Sharp-shinned? It was quite small. - TF

[paulnj]

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

Sharp-shinned? It was quite small. - TF

[OldClicker]

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

Thanks - a rare treat for me! - TF

[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

Buffleheads?

[paulnj]

CORRECT ! Female on left, male on right.

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

Buffleheads?

[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?

[paulnj]

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?

CORRECT YOU ARE

[CaraRose]

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

[paulnj]

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

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

[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

[CaraRose]

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

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

[paulnj]

vermillion flycatcher

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

[armando_m]

Thanks for your help