SPRING 2012 bird ID thread

[Mike T]

couple shots yesterday while out in my kayak

[paulnj]

Nice job on the spotted sandpiper and common loon mike

[Mike T]

Nice job on the spotted sandpiper and common loon mike

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

[paulnj]

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

sure is a first summer plumage.

[Mike T]

a few shots from yesterday

[paulnj]

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

[Mike T]

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

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

[paulnj]

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

[Mike T]

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

[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.

[f86sabjf]

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





this was my wifes first try with the new camera.

[f86sabjf]

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

[paulnj]

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

[paulnj]

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

[f86sabjf]

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

[Mike T]

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.

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.

[paulnj]

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.

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

[SmartWombat]

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.

[paulnj]

Looked up while at Laguna Seca ...

turkey vulture

[SmartWombat]

Wondering, what is this ?

[paulnj]

Wondering, what is this ?

eastern bluebird

[wfooshee]

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

[paulnj]

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

pied billed grebe

[wfooshee]

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!

[CaraRose]

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