SPRING 2012 bird ID thread

couple shots yesterday while out in my kayak

Nice job on the spotted sandpiper and common loon mike

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Originally Posted by paulnj

Nice job on the spotted sandpiper and common loon mike

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is that a young Loon ? Looks so different than the other two on the lake.

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Originally Posted by Mike T

is that a young Loon ? Looks so different than the other two on the lake.

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sure is a first summer plumage.

a few shots from yesterday

black throated blue looks good, but I love that indigo bunting! can only guess on the thrush... but swainson's is mostlikely correct ;-)

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Originally Posted by paulnj

black throated blue looks good, but I love that indigo bunting! can only guess on the thrush... but swainson's is mostlikely correct ;-)

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I was out with a very experienced birder and that was his ID. Here's a few from yesterday.

chestnut sided, magnolia and canada warblers... gotta love the east coast fallout during migration recently. had a kentucky yesterday .

couple shots from saturday. I was on vacation last week back to work today.Maybe some others can ad some birds to the thread.

AMAZING FIND on the brewster's warbler, though quite sad it's a 2nd generation bluewinged x goldenwinged hybrid :( love those ovenbirds .

major fallout saturday, my brother found 26 species of warbler on saturday by 11am in warrenville and martinsville.

well gang we went out to our local bird sanctuary for Scrub jays and ended up with this curious fellow coming by to say hello. Of course i had to throw on a quick smile

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this was my wifes first try with the new camera.

I am jealous of all the warblers you guys get to see. They stop in Fla for a few months and are gone. I've been feeding for over a decade and never seen any of these sparkly birds as i like to call them

best part is I see no band on that florida scrub jay :D

neotropical warblers are insectivores and as I am sure you know , only come north to breed. They are why I became a birder honestly.

I can tell you these birds are becoming my family almost at this point . They've got great personalities

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Originally Posted by paulnj

AMAZING FIND on the brewster's warbler, though quite sad it's a 2nd generation bluewinged x goldenwinged hybrid :( love those ovenbirds .

major fallout saturday, my brother found 26 species of warbler on saturday by 11am in warrenville and martinsville.

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I think I may have posted that Brewster's a couple years ago, at least I think it's the same bird since it was in the same place. Somebody on a bird site reported seeing Golden-winged there the day after I saw the Brewster's.

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Originally Posted by Mike T

I think I may have posted that Brewster's a couple years ago, at least I think it's the same bird since it was in the same place. Somebody on a bird site reported seeing Golden-winged there the day after I saw the Brewster's.

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can you send me the location in a private message, My brother would love to see one to add to his life list.

Looked up while at Laguna Seca ...
Tracking AF on the OM-D E-M5 is not good enough for BIF.
Maybe simple continuous AF would have been better.

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Originally Posted by SmartWombat

Looked up while at Laguna Seca ...

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turkey vulture

Wondering, what is this ?

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Originally Posted by SmartWombat

Wondering, what is this ?

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eastern bluebird

I need help with this. The bird dives and swims underwater to feed.

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Originally Posted by wfooshee

I need help with this. The bird dives and swims underwater to feed.

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pied billed grebe

The beak color confused me, since this one is plain brown, and the ones I see in the guides are whitish with a band. I'm reading now that the band appears during breeding.

Thanks!

Bunch of these lately, little teeny guys-- Sanderlings?

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Originally Posted by CaraRose

Bunch of these lately, little teeny guys-- Sanderlings?

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shorebirds are my weak area, but it appears to be a least sandpiper.

couple of todays birds

broudwinged and awesome find on the wilson's!

Thanks!
I wondered if it was a bluebird, but it had rather a lot of red and brown on it.
Is the female more brown?

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Originally Posted by SmartWombat

Thanks!
I wondered if it was a bluebird, but it had rather a lot of red and brown on it.
Is the female more brown?

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males are a deeper blue and females are duller...

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Shot at my state park yesterday:

When I shot it, my instantaneous look through the viewfinder made me think it was a green heron, but the fourth pic is a green heron, for comparison.

I think it might be a juvenile yellow-crowned night heron, so I'm looking for wisdom from the collective.

wfoosheee

You are correct its a juvi Yellow crowned night heron . check this link

good catch !!!

Florida's Nature - Birds of Florida, Page 1 of 4 Crowned Night-Heron

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another Scrubjay who had to investigate me

love those florida scrubjays!

me too they really are creating a soft spot in me. I'm tinkering with the idea of doing some conservation photography for them in my area to get more awareness

Snapped this last Sunday at a local state park. New to the whole birding and IDing so any help through the process along with species would be great!

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7130/7...bb187370f4.jpg
DSC_0144 by ChazMcGavin, on Flickr

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Originally Posted by saentia

Snapped this last Sunday at a local state park. New to the whole birding and IDing so any help through the process along with species would be great!


DSC_0144 by ChazMcGavin, on Flickr

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Where in the world is "local"? - Terry

My apologies I thought I had my location under my username. That would be at Brazos Bend State Park in Texas, South of Houston to be a little more specific.

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Originally Posted by saentia

Snapped this last Sunday at a local state park. New to the whole birding and IDing so any help through the process along with species would be great!

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7130/7...bb187370f4.jpg
DSC_0144 by ChazMcGavin, on Flickr

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young red-winged blackbird

Awesome, thank you very much!