Winter 2012 bird ID thread

[paulnj]

I came to see if I could get an ID on this bird I saw yesterday and it looks like I already have an answer based on others' photos.
American Avocet, right? Slightly different than the ones here but close enough I bet...

IMGP4231.jpg by MattB.net, on Flickr

It was very shy and I couldn't get any closer with the available time (family waiting in the car).

correct you are. nice find during migration.

[SmartWombat]

Unknown uncooperative white bird.

[paulnj]

if in the US, it's a snowy egret, if in the UK, it's a little egret ;-) both have the same colors.

[CaraRose]

Long time no see all--

Been seeing these guys all over lately. Larger than a Spotted Sandpiper, but smaller than a Killdeer.



This guy looked a lot like the other, but taller and more lanky. Larger than a Killdeer.


I'm shooting sandpipers running around on a mud flat of a drained lake bed (drained for shoreline reconstruction) and see this guy. Northern Mockingbird? I've never seen one before.


Another shot


Thanks

[paulnj]

Long time no see all--

Been seeing these guys all over lately. Larger than a Spotted Sandpiper, but smaller than a Killdeer.



This guy looked a lot like the other, but taller and more lanky. Larger than a Killdeer.


I'm shooting sandpipers running around on a mud flat of a drained lake bed (drained for shoreline reconstruction) and see this guy. Northern Mockingbird? I've never seen one before.


Another shot


Thanks

solitary sandpiper, one of the yellowlegs(greater or lesser) and a mockingbird indeed.

[SmartWombat]

thanks, US therefore snowy

[paulnj]

Not a winter bird but a threatened one



Florida scrubjay

very nice.

[f86sabjf]

Not a winter bird but a threatened one



Florida scrubjay

[f86sabjf]

Thanks Paul I am trying to contribute to my new home here as much as i can . Hopefully i'll have some waterfowl next weekend to share

[Mike T]

couple recent shots

[paulnj]

nice job on the red-shouldered hawk and great pose on the B&W warbler

[Mike T]

couple shots from today

[paulnj]

couple shots from today

yellow warbler and what appears to be louisiana waterthrush

[mjs1973]

When I originally took this image back in 2010, I labeled it as a woodcock. After looking at it again, I now believe it's a Wilson's Snipe.

[paulnj]

When I originally took this image back in 2010, I labeled this as a woodcock. After looking at it again, I know believe it's a Wilson's Snipe.

sure is a wilson's snipe.