Winter 2012 bird ID thread

[buglinbilly]

I realize these are poor photos, but what I am after is for someone who knows birds to give me a positive identifacation of its name. Thanks in advance. BB

[Eric D]

American Avocet.....we have many here for the Winter in Florida.

[buglinbilly]

Thank you very much. BB

[Shyanni]

Nice catch, Billy! These are such beautiful, elegant birds. I've seen them while visiting the prairies in summer, but we had a lot of miles to cover and couldn't stop for a photo. They are so unique, with their upturned beak.

[paulnj]

made it the winter ID thread

[khmerxbxbxboi]

nice bird photo ;)

[Mike T]

haven't been here in a while, here are a few of my recent winter birds.

[paulnj]

nice to see you got the merrill creek snowy.
the carolina look great, but though I think it's a house wren, that last one has me wanting to say winter wren.

[Mike T]

first Wren is a Marsh second is Carolina third is Winter

[paulnj]

damn, didn't think of the marsh wren and found the back plumage a bit odd for carolina..

[Mike T]

I've heard it is rare for a Marsh Wren to spend the winter here. A shot from yesterday.

[paulnj]

nice pintails

[Mike T]

not many people adding photos, here's a few from the last couple days.

[paulnj]

great shot on the brown creeper, love that young eagle and nice job on the ringnecked duck pair

[Mike T]

not a lot of birds around sunday but did have a few friendly ones.

[paulnj]

ruddy ducks are so cute and nice job on the coot.

[Mike T]

couple shots from this morning

[paulnj]

leucistic Song? sparrow.

[LaurenceCly]

love that young eagle and nice job on the ringnecked duck pair

[armando_m]

some sort of woodpecker





closest match is a downey , but this one has black back so it is not a 100% match , any better ids?

Seen in Guadalajara, state of Jalisco , Mexico

[armando_m]

I figured it out!
It is an Acorn Woodpecker

[paulnj]

some sort of woodpecker





closest match is a downey , but this one has black back so it is not a 100% match , any better ids?

Seen in Guadalajara, state of Jalisco , Mexico

Acorn woodpecker. nice find.

[Mike T]

saw this one this morning while out in my kayak

[paulnj]

saw this one this morning while out in my kayak

Think I may have seen the same common loon in NC on friday

[mattb]

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).